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Exam 2
Anxiety & Sleep, Mood, Psychoses, Degenerative, Seizures
| Valproic Acid | |
|---|---|
| Class | antipileptic/antimanic/ GABA antagonist |
| MOA | increased concentration of GABA in brain |
| Indication | migraines, mania, seizures |
| adverse effects | bone marrow depression, photosensitivity, pulmonary edema, pancreatis |
| special notes | abrupt discon=status epilepticus, can cause birth defects (neural tube) |