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How much is too much? (Depakote ER)
Wed, 10/31/2007 - 13:41Topic: Medication Issues
Hello, I just recently had brain surgery (almost 4 weeks ago) for a Benign brain tumor in my Temporal lobe and I just recently (a week and a half ago) had a Gran Mal seizure because my Depakote levels were too low in my blood (14 ug/mL when it was suppose to be 50-100ug/mL), I was taking two 250mg Depakote a day
So my doctor prescribes me three 500mg Depakote a day, thats triple what I was doing before, so they do another blood test after a week of 1500mg a day, to see how much I have in my blood stream, I had about 45 ug/mL when I was supoose to have 50-100ug/mL, and I've had 2 simple partial seizures in the past week
so now he wants to up me again, to 750mg three times a day
my Question is: is there anyway that too much Depakote can mess up my liver or harm my body?
Because I'm deciding whether to just continue taking 1500mg a day and see what happens in a month or so, or just to take 2250mg a day, like the doctor suggested
any suggestions or information would be great, thanks
-Mike
Comments
Uh oh my apologies i was
Submitted by AydenFromVan on Thu, 2017-09-14 - 02:34
Uh oh my apologies i was reading something else about depakote and thought that was who ur reply was to. I am sorry please ignore all of that. Goddam why is there no delete button
Depends if you are
Submitted by Deanna ahrens on Fri, 2018-06-22 - 18:14
Depends if you are hypocalciemic or not .over active thyroid. And what type of fish oil is in the depakote
Not authorization but rather
Submitted by AydenFromVan on Thu, 2017-09-14 - 02:34
Not authorization but rather proper medical specifications to be giving out advice. It just dazzles me. Who would even think about a pharmaceutical drug dosage being over 10,000 mg let alone 15,000!!! Only substances i can think of with dosage ranges into the ten thousands would be certain health supplements or herbs. But even then never 15,000 mg of a substance at once. You give terrible medical advice and i would like a reasonable answer for your unprofessionalism.