DIVALPROEX SODIUM tablet, film coated, extended release

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Լեզու: անգլերեն

Աղբյուրը: NLM (National Library of Medicine)

Ակտիվ բաղադրիչ:

DIVALPROEX SODIUM (UNII: 644VL95AO6) (VALPROIC ACID - UNII:614OI1Z5WI)

Հասանելի է:

Bryant Ranch Prepack

INN (Միջազգային անվանումը):

DIVALPROEX SODIUM

Կազմը:

VALPROIC ACID 250 mg

Կառավարման երթուղին:

ORAL

Ռեկվիզորի տեսակը:

PRESCRIPTION DRUG

Թերապեւտիկ ցուցումներ:

Divalproex sodium extended-release tablets are a valproate and are indicated for the treatment of acute manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder, with or without psychotic features. A manic episode is a distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood. Typical symptoms of mania include pressure of speech, motor hyperactivity, reduced need for sleep, flight of ideas, grandiosity, poor judgment, aggressiveness, and possible hostility. A mixed episode is characterized by the criteria for a manic episode in conjunction with those for a major depressive episode (depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure in nearly all activities).   The efficacy of divalproex sodium extended-release tablets is based in part on studies of divalproex sodium delayed-release tablets in this indication, and was confirmed in a 3-week trial with patients meeting DSM-IV TR criteria for bipolar I disorder, manic or mixed type, who were hospitalized for acute mania [see Clinical Stu

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NDC: 63629-4698-1: 60 Tablets in a BOTTLE NDC: 63629-4698-2: 30 Tablets in a BOTTLE NDC: 63629-4698-3: 90 Tablets in a BOTTLE

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Abbreviated New Drug Application

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DIVALPROEX SODIUM- divalproex sodium tablet, film coated, extended
release
Bryant Ranch Prepack
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MEDICATION GUIDE
Divalproex Sodium Extended-Release Tablets USP
(dye val' proe ex soe' dee um)
Read this Medication Guide before you start taking divalproex sodium
extended-release tablets and each time
you get a refill. There may be new information. This information does
not take the place of talking to your
healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment.
What is the most important information I should know about divalproex
sodium extended-release tablets?
Do not stop taking divalproex sodium extended-release tablets without
first talking to your healthcare
provider.
Stopping divalproex sodium extended-release tablets suddenly can cause
serious problems.
Divalproex sodium extended-release tablets can cause serious side
effects, including:
1. Serious liver damage that can cause death, especially in children
younger than 2 years old. The risk of
getting this serious liver damage is more likely to happen within the
first 6 months of treatment.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the
following symptoms:
•
nausea or vomiting that does not go away
•
loss of appetite
•
pain on the right side of your stomach (abdomen)
•
dark urine
•
swelling of your face
•
yellowing of your skin or the whites of your eyes
In some cases, liver damage may continue despite stopping the drug.
2. Divalproex sodium extended-release tablets may harm your unborn
baby.
•
If you take divalproex sodium extended-release tablets during
pregnancy for any medical condition,
your baby is at risk for serious birth defects that affect the brain
and spinal cord and are called spina
bifida or neural tube defects. These defects occur in 1 to 2 out of
every 100 babies born to mothers
who use this medicine during pregnancy. These defects can begin in the
first month, even before you
know you are pregnant. Other birth defects that affect the structures
of the heart, head, arms, legs, and
the opening wher

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DIVALPROEX SODIUM- DIVALPROEX SODIUM TABLET, FILM COATED, EXTENDED
RELEASE
BRYANT RANCH PREPACK
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HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESCRIBING INFORMATION
THESE HIGHLIGHTS DO NOT INCLUDE ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO USE
DIVALPROEX SODIUM
EXTENDED-RELEASE TABLETS SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY. SEE FULL PRESCRIBING
INFORMATION
FOR DIVALPROEX SODIUM EXTENDED-RELEASE TABLETS.
DIVALPROEX SODIUM EXTENDED-RELEASE TABLETS, FOR ORAL USE
INITIAL U.S. APPROVAL: 2000
WARNING: LIFE THREATENING ADVERSE REACTIONS
_SEE FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION FOR COMPLETE BOXED WARNING._
HEPATOTOXICITY, INCLUDING FATALITIES, USUALLY DURING THE FIRST 6
MONTHS OF TREATMENT.
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TWO YEARS AND PATIENTS WITH MITOCHONDRIAL
DISORDERS ARE
AT HIGHER RISK. MONITOR PATIENTS CLOSELY, AND PERFORM SERUM LIVER
TESTING PRIOR TO
THERAPY AND AT FREQUENT INTERVALS THEREAFTER (5.1)
FETAL RISK, PARTICULARLY NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS, OTHER MAJOR
MALFORMATIONS, AND
DECREASED IQ (5.2,5.3,5.4)
PANCREATITIS, INCLUDING FATAL HEMORRHAGIC CASES (5.5)
INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Divalproex sodium extended-release tablets are indicated for:
Acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar
disorder, with or without psychotic
features (1.1)
Monotherapy and adjunctive therapy of complex partial seizures and
simple and complex absence
seizures; adjunctive therapy in patients with multiple seizure types
that include absence seizures (1.2)
Prophylaxis of migraine headaches (1.3)
DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION
Divalproex sodium extended-release tablets are intended for once-a-day
oral administration.
Divalproex sodium extended-release tablets should be swallowed whole
and should not be crushed or
chewed (2.1, 2.2).
Mania: Initial dose is 25 mg/kg/day, increasing as rapidly as possible
to achieve therapeutic response or
desired plasma level (2.1). The maximum recommended dosage is 60
mg/kg/day (2.1, 2.2).
Complex Partial Seizures: Start at 10 to 15 mg/kg/day, increasing at 1
week intervals by 5 to 10
mg/kg/day to achieve optimal clinical response; if response is not
sati