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valproic acid

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Noun1.valproic acid - anticonvulsant (trade name Depokene) used to prevent some kinds of seizures
anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug - a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)


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Mice treated with the anti-epilepsy drug valproic acid had fewer, less severe attacks.
To confirm that the seizures were epileptic, the team showed that mice treated with an antiepileptic drug, valproic acid, had fewer, less severe seizures.
Specifically, Frazier noted, a lab investigation report "includes re-testing of both dissolution and assay for several lots of valproic acid capsules, but the investigation report does not include the reason the original assay results were repeated, nor does it include a record of the original re-test results, which were later invalidated and re-retested.
 
 
 
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