{"id":99628,"date":"2021-04-19T06:40:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T06:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=99628"},"modified":"2023-08-29T10:11:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T10:11:13","slug":"sodium-valproate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sodium-valproate\/","title":{"rendered":"Sodium valproate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An anticonvulsant drug used especially to treat migraines, seizures and epilepsy.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An anticonvulsant drug used to treat all types of epilepsy. It is administered by mouth; side-effects may include digestive upsets, drowsiness, and muscle incoordination.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A drug of first choice for the treatment of several forms of epilepsy, including primary generalized epilepsy, generalized absences and myoclonic seizures; it may also be tried in atypical absence, atonic and tonic seizures. 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