Depakine 200 mg/ml Oral Solution 40 ml

Product Description:

• Depakine belongs to a family of medicines called antiepileptics.


• This medicine is used to treat various types of seizures in adults and children.


• It is also used


• in children to prevent fever-related seizures.

How To Use:

• Depakine treatment must be started and supervised by a doctor specialized in the


• treatment of epilepsy.


• This treatment must not be prescribed in female children, female adolescents or women able to have a baby unless other treatments are ineffective or not tolerated.


• If no other treatment is possible, valproate will be prescribed for you and


• dispensed under very strict conditions (given in the Pregnancy Prevention Program).


• A specialist must re-evaluate the need for treatment at least once per year.


• Always comply with the dose prescribed by your doctor. If you are unsure of anything, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.

Dosage

• The daily dose will be decided on for you and checked by your doctor.


• Your doctor should prescribe the dose in milligrams (mg) and not in milliliters (mL).


• This information is important because the syringe used to draw up the correct dose from the bottle is graduated in milligrams (mg).


• If your prescription has been written in milliliters (mL), contact your doctor or pharmacist.

The dose is generally divided into:

• 2 doses per day in children under 1 year of age.


• 3 doses per day in adults and children over 1 year of age.


• The dose should preferably be taken during meals.

Warning And Precautions:

• This medicine can, in very rare cases, cause liver damage (hepatitis) or pancreas damage (pancreatitis), which can be serious and life-threatening.


• Your doctor will prescribe blood tests to regularly monitor your liver function, particularly during the first 6 months of treatment.

Inform your doctor immediately if any of the following signs appear:

• Sudden fatigue, loss of appetite, exhaustion, drowsiness, swelling of the legs, general


• Malaise,


• Repeated vomiting, nausea, stomach or bowel pain, yellow color of the skin or eyes


• (jaundice).


• Recurrence of epileptic seizures even though you are taking your treatment correctly.

Ingredients:

What Depakine 200 mg/ml oral solution contains:

The active substance is:

• sodium valproate........................................................................................20.00 g for 100 ml.


• 1 ml of solution is equivalent to 200 mg of sodium valproate.

Product Details:

• Brand: Depakine
• Product Form: Solution
• Product Type: Solution
• Quantity: 1 Pc