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Sodium Valporate Flashcards

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Introduction

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  • Anticonvulsant that is used to treat epilepsy
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Pharmacodynamics

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  • Increase concentration of GABBA receptors in the brain, opening up Chlorine channels to hyperpolerise the cell.
  • Decrease the activaty over the synapse, increases the action potential of the cell
  • Exists as Valporate in the blood
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Pharmacokinetics

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  • Absorbtion GI tract
  • Widely distributed
  • Metabolised in the liver
  • Eliminated renally
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