Valproic Acid Delayed Release (Stavzor)

The FDA has approved a delayed-release capsule formulation of valproic acid (VPA; Stavzor - Noven Therapeutics) for all of the indications for which divalproex sodium (Depakote, and others; Depakote ER) is approved: monotherapy and adjunctive therapy of complex partial seizures and simple and complex absence seizures, and adjunctive therapy in patients with multiple seizure types that include absence seizures; acute treatment of manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder; and prophylaxis of migraine headaches. In addition, valproate (valproic acid or divalproex sodium) is considered a drug of choice for treatment of other types of seizures including generalized tonic-clonic, myotonic and atonic seizures....

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