How To Use:

Depakine Chrono treatment must be started and supervised by a doctor specialised 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.

It is generally taken as 1 to 2 doses per day, preferably during meals.

If your disease is well-controlled by the treatment, your doctor may prescribe 1 dose per day.

Children from 6 years of age and weighing more than 17 kg Depakine Chrono is not recommended for children under 6 years of age, as they can have trouble swallowing the tablet and choke.

There are other more suitable medicines.

Warnings and precautions:

Don’t take this drug: if you are pregnant, unless no other epilepsy treatment works for you if you are a woman able to have a baby, unless no other epilepsy treatment works for you and you are able to follow all the steps of the Pregnancy Prevention Plan if you are allergic to the active substance (sodium valproate) if you are allergic to a medicine in the same family as valproate (valproate semisodium, valpromide), if you have liver disease (acute or chronic hepatitis), if you or a member of your family have ever had serious liver disease, particularly related to use of a medicine, if you have hepatic porphyria (hereditary liver disease).

Ingredients:

Depakine Chrono 500 mg prolonged-release scored film-coated tablets contain
The active substance is: Sodium Valproate 333.00 Mg
Valproic Acid  145.00 Mg Amount Equivalent To Sodium Valproate  500.00 Mg