Posted by Ritch on November 22, 2002, at 22:32:55
In reply to Depakote good theraputic level (Mg), posted by GeekUKII on November 22, 2002, at 20:09:05
> As british docs are fu*king stupid.
It depends on the severity of the hypomanic or manic *episode* you are trying to treat. If it is a full blown mania, it isn't uncommon to work up to 1500mg/day fairly quickly (over a few days). If it is a hypomanic episode I've found that 500mg/day works fine to quash it. I have never needed more than 250mg/day as a general maintenance dose (for BP-II).
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