Depakote ® (Divalproex)
Generic Name: Divalproex (dye-VAL-pro-ex)
Brand Name: Depakote
Depakote has been used successfully for many years to treat epilepsy, but it also has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for two other uses:
- preventing migraine headaches (not treating headaches while they're occurring)
- treating one part of the mental illness called bipolar disorder
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