Depakote
It comes as capsules
Depakote is administered orally in divided doses
For Depakote ER, the recommended initial dose is 25 mg/kg once a day, up to a maximum of 60 mg/kg a day
1 mg/kg IV, infused at a maximum rate of 2 mg/min, allowing three to five minutes to assess the effect before deciding whether additional doses are necessary
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The dose should be increased as rapidly as possible to achieve the lowest therapeutic dose which produces the desired clinical effect or the desired range of plasma concentrations
You should never take extra doses of the medication to make
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If the total daily dose exceeds 250 mg, it should be given in divided doses
6 mg/kg/day orally in 2 divided doses (week 3 and 4), then increase by 0
An IM dose of 10 mg can be administered every 4 hours if needed for alcohol withdrawal
The medication is used to manage the positive symptoms of schizophrenia, including hallucinations and delusions
Delayed-release (DR) tablets: The typical starting dose is 750 mg daily, split into smaller doses and taken by mouth throughout the day
Depakote DR tablets and Depakote ER tablets are approved to treat manic or mixed episodes related to bipolar disorder in adults
Max dose is 60 mg/kg
Mean Depakote doses for completers in this study were 1,116, 1,683, and 2,006 mg/day at Days 7, 14, and 21, respectively
High incidence of side effects, problems; these effects can be reduced by taking tacrine with food