Posted by Lou Pilder on October 1, 2014, at 20:15:06
In reply to Re: How is PB helping you? How is PB hurting you? » SLS, posted by Sheilac on October 1, 2014, at 17:40:32
> Thanks Scott. I was freaking out after reading all the terrible things that could happen from taking 250-375mg of Depakote.
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> I would imagine that 250mg is such a low dose (even though it works for me) and it takes away the Elavil antidepressant hypomania. I just couldn't understand how such a low dose could kill me.
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> It's working and I haven't felt this calm in 2 weeks. My pdoc will run bloodwork on me when she gets back.
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> I think I'm right not to worry about the low dose, right?
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> I so appreciate your input. It's not like I'm taking 1,000mg.S and friends,
If you are following this discussion and trying to make an informed decision as to take these drugs or not in question on the basis of what you read here, be advised that when psychoactive drug are combined, their effects could be magnified exponentially. And the subject here concerns the safety of Depakote as combined with Elavil and other psychotropic drugs
Now the subject of {relative safety} of Depakote has been posted But us that an ambiguous term? Let us look at some statistics concerning agranulocytosis and Depakote Notice that over 3% of those with reported adverse effects have agranulocytosis. That is a large statistical number. And it happens at first in the 6 mo of taking the drug more than other times. Now as something being dose related, you could think that the adverse event would happen later as an accumulation, but it strikes at the first 6 mo more.
And then there is panceatitis that I will go into later I want readers to make their own determination as to if Depakote is a drug for you and see the facts .
Here are two links showing some of these facts.
Lou
http://www.ehealthme.com/ds/depakote+er/agranulocytosis
http://www.drugcite.com/indi/?q=Depakote&i=AGRAULOCYTOSIS
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