Posted by SLS on October 1, 2014, at 16:44:20
In reply to Re: Lou's reply-Lou » herpills, posted by Sheilac on October 1, 2014, at 13:46:05
> Well geez. Maybe I should just take the Trileptal as my mood stabilizer. Would that be safer?
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> Maybe just Trileptal and ElavilSheila, you need to settle down and perhaps not look at Psycho-Babble for a little while.
Depakote is a relatively safe drug. The incidence of liver abnormalities is dosage-dependent. The few times when I experienced drug-induced mania, Depokote 1000 mg/day worked very well. My liver enzymes were normal at 3000 mg/day, but there was a trend towards having a lower platelet count at that dosage. Remember - I am just one person (n=1). Agranulocytosis (lower white blood cells) is listed as a "class" side effect with all of the anticonvulsants, even if a specific drug has not yet exhibited it.
Both liver failure and agranulocytosis are considered to be rare side effects of Depakote, and occur with a frequency of less than 0.1%.
Unlike the occurrence of liver function abnormalities, agranulocytosis is not dosage-dependent with Depakote. If your are worried about this happening, just ask your doctor to include WBC along with liver enzymes when you get your blood test - something that should be done as soon as your doctor gets back.
- Scott
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I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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