How does Depakote ER affect other medicines?
Depakote ER affects the way the body handles many other seizure medicines. Some of these are: • Felbatol (felbamate) • Lamictal (lamotrigine) • Mysoline (primidone) • phenobarbital If a person taking one of these medicines starts taking Depakote ER, the first medicine will stay in the body longer. If the person keeps taking the same amount as before, soon there will be too much of it. This may cause side effects like extreme tiredness and slurred speech. The person might seem to be drunk. A similar thing could happen with several other seizure medicines, but the effects for people taking these would probably not be too noticeable: • Tegretol or Carbatrol (carbamazepine) • Zarontin (ethosuximide) • Ativan (lorazepam) • Dilantin or Phenytek (phenytoin)\ All of these effects mean that if a person taking another seizure medicine starts taking Depakote ER too, the amount of the first medicine may need to be changed. Or if a person has been taking Depakote ER along with another seizure medic
