The generic name of Depakene is Sodium Valproate, and some patients with epilepsy who take this medication are able to achieve clinical cure (no more seizures), while others have difficulty achieving the desired results.
Sodium valproate is used to treat generalized epilepsy (including absence seizures, myoclonic seizures, and tonic clonic seizures), as well as partial epilepsy, partial seizures, and mania.
Some patients who take sodium valproate regularly can generally reduce the dosage gradually or even stop taking the drug if their condition is effectively controlled, and if there are no seizures after stopping the drug, clinical cure can generally be achieved.
In some patients, epilepsy can be controlled after taking sodium valproate, but the epilepsy recurs after reducing or stopping the drug, which may need to be taken for a long time to control the condition.
Common adverse effects of taking sodium valproate include nausea, diarrhea, epigastric pain, etc. It should be contraindicated if suffering from acute hepatitis or chronic hepatitis.
If you need to take sodium valproate to treat epilepsy, you should take it under the guidance of a doctor, do not use it arbitrarily on your own to avoid adverse effects.