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Prescription issue
Diagnosed with juvenile myclonic epilepsy at 14 years old. Prescribed Depakote (extended release) which has controlled seizures for years. Moved to Mexico and was told Epival ER is the same medicine. Took that for 8 months with great success, no issues or seizures. Now living in Nicaragua and I can't find Epival ER in any pharmacy. But, one pharmacy did have Epival (direct release). Can I safely switch to this? Do I need to change the dosage?
Current Epival ER dosage: 4 500mg tablets nightly
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You can use plane epival er but in divided doses. Make the total dose of epival er to two divided dose in 12 hr gap.
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