Trade name: Depakote. Main ingredient: sodium valproate. Group: anticonvulsants. Product: in the form of tablets or capsules, including prolonged action. Depakote Pharmacology The active ingredient of this medication increases gamma-aminobutyric acid concentration in the brain postsynaptic receptors. It blocks potassium ion channels in the neurons cell membranes, which eliminates the undesired production of glutamic acid — an aliphatic amino acid

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