Depakote & Kidney Stones
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Q:  Can Depakote cause kidney stones?
 

Dear Gabe -- 
That's true of Topomax, for sure; but a quick review of what we know on this question (I've never seen it, for example) shows nothing suggesting stones as a result of Depakote. 

Dr. Phelps


Published December, 2003

 

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