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What Are The Effects Of Taking Sodium Valproate, Citicoline And Piracetam For Traumatic Brain Surgeries?
Hello doc, would you please tell me whether sodium valproate 500 mg and citicoline 500 mg and piracetam 800 mg can be crushed and taken as it has become impossible to give the whole tablet to d patient. Additionally what are the effects after taking such medicines for traumatic brain surgeries?
Tue, 5 Aug 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your details, including the diagnosis and current medications.
I presume the difficulty the patient is facing is regarding swallowing the tablets on account of poor swallowing or semi-conscious state.
Better option for you would be to use syrup formulation of these medications, rather than crushing the tablets. All these three medicines are also available in syrup form and that can be used.
Regarding the effects, sodium valproate prevents seizures or fits, whereas citicholine and piracetam are neuro-protective and improve memory.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your details, including the diagnosis and current medications.
I presume the difficulty the patient is facing is regarding swallowing the tablets on account of poor swallowing or semi-conscious state.
Better option for you would be to use syrup formulation of these medications, rather than crushing the tablets. All these three medicines are also available in syrup form and that can be used.
Regarding the effects, sodium valproate prevents seizures or fits, whereas citicholine and piracetam are neuro-protective and improve memory.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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