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Depakote

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 21:41
My seven year old has been on depakote for 2 weeks now and I’m not sure I’m liking some of the side effects. If you’ve had a child what were some of the side effects you’ve noticed?

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Hi!  I took Depakote from the

Submitted by AWitt1973 on Thu, 2019-02-14 - 15:54
Hi!  I took Depakote from the time I was 17 until Ii was about 29.  It is a great medicine, but be careful--it depletes platelets in your blood.  I was told that if I continued taking it I could bleed to death.  I stopped taking it and my platelet counts are back up.  I think short term it is fine, but 12 years was too long.  

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