How do I take Depakote / Depakote ER?
Take this medication exactly as it is prescribed for you. Do not take the medication in larger amounts or longer than recommended by your doctor. Do not change your dosage without your doctor’s advice. Tell your doctor if the medication does not seem to work in treating your condition. Depakote / Depakote ER may or may not be taken with food depending on your tendency for upset stomach. However, do try to take in the same manner and at the same time every day. Except sprinkle capsule, do not open, chew, or crush the capsules; swallow them whole. The extended –release tablets are especially designed to release the medication slowly throughout the body. If you decide to take them with food, do so every day as this will change the medication’s absorption time. Sprinkle capsules are an easy way to give Depakote to children and others who have trouble swallowing pills. The capsules can be swallowed whole, but usually they are opened and the contents are sprinkled onto a teaspoon of soft foo
