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antiepileptic

Sodium valproate

Treats epilepsy and, for some, neurological pain. This molecule appears in 218 of the medicines we have indexed.

Our answerNothing to add

Do you need a supplement? No.

No supplement is warranted with this treatment. A varied diet remains the foundation.

Do you also take another treatment?

By the Layer Nutrition editorial teamHow the atlas classifies the 664 molecules

Class
antiepileptic
Indexed medicines
218
Our answer
Nothing to add
Updated
October 2026
01The medication

What this medicine is for

This molecule belongs to the “antiepileptic” category. Antiepileptics stabilise the brain’s electrical activity to prevent seizures; they are taken regularly and are not stopped abruptly.

In practice: Treats epilepsy and, for some, neurological pain. It is generally taken over the long term, with regular follow-up, and it is not stopped on one’s own initiative.

The name on your box may be here.

These names come from the public registers of 32 countries: the ANSM for France, the AEMPS for Spain, the AIFA for Italy, the HPRA for Ireland, Swissmedic for Switzerland, and the European Medicines Agency for the others.

Most widespread

  • DEPAKINE
  • CONVULEX
  • ORFIRIL
  • ABSENOR
  • CONVYVAL
  • DIPLEKSIL
  • EPILIM
  • EPIXIVAL
  • ERGENYL
  • КОНВУЛЕКС
  • BELVO
  • CONVIVAL CHRONO
See all names, country by countryHide the list by country

France8

  • DEPAKINE
  • MICROPAKINE L.P.
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO
  • VALPROATE DE SODIUM AGUETTANT
  • VALPROATE DE SODIUM ARROW
  • VALPROATE DE SODIUM TEVA SANTE L.P.
  • VALPROATE DE SODIUM VIATRIS L.P.
  • VALPROATE DE SODIUM ARROW L.P.

Germany29

  • CONVULEX
  • ERGENYL
  • ORFIRIL
  • ERGENYL INTRAVENÖS
  • ERGENYL VIAL
  • ORFIRIL LONG
  • ORFIRIL SAFT
  • ERGENYL CHRONO
  • ORFIRIL CHRONO
  • NATRIUMVALPROAT SEACROSS
  • VALPRO BETA
  • VALPROAT
  • VALPROAT 1 A PHARMA
  • VALPROAT ARISTO
  • VALPROAT CHRONO HEXAL
  • VALPROAT-CT
  • VALPROAT DESITIN
  • VALPROAT HEXAL
  • VALPROAT NEURAXPHARM
  • VALPROAT ORION
  • VALPROINSÄURE RATIOPHARM
  • VALPRO
  • VALPRO CHRONO
  • VALPROAT ABZ
  • VALPROAT CHRONO
  • VALPROAT CHRONO CT
  • VALPROAT CHRONO NEURAXPHARM
  • VALPROAT CHRONO RATIOPHARM
  • VALPROAT STADA

Spain5

  • DEPAKINE
  • DEPAKINE CRONO
  • ACIDO VALPROICO ALTAN
  • ACIDO VALPROICO AUROVITAS
  • ACIDO VALPROICO SEACROSS

Italy7

  • DEPAKIN
  • SODIO VALPROATO AUROBINDO
  • SODIO VALPROATO AUROBINDO ITALIA
  • SODIO VALPROATO SEACROSS
  • ACIDO VALPROICO E SODIO VALPROATO EG
  • ACIDO VALPROICO E SODIO VALPROATO RATIOPHARM
  • ACIDO VALPROICO SANDOZ

United Kingdom20

  • BELVO
  • CONVULEX
  • DEPAKOTE
  • EPILIM
  • EPISENTA
  • EPIVAL CR
  • SEIZORA
  • SYONELL
  • ALPROLEP
  • DYZANTIL
  • EPILIM CHRONO
  • EPILIM CHRONOSPHERE MR
  • SODIUM VALPROATE ALTAIR
  • SODIUM VALPROATE CRESCENT
  • SODIUM VALPROATE NORIDEM ENTERPRISES
  • SODIUM VALPROATE NORIDEM ENTERPRISES LTD
  • SODIUM VALPROATE SEACROSS PHARMACEUTICALS
  • SODIUM VALPROATE STRANDHAVEN
  • SODIUM VALPROATE WOCKHARDT
  • SODIUM VALPROATE WOCKHARDT UK

Ireland7

  • EPILIM
  • EPILIM ENTERIC
  • EPILIM INTRAVENOUS
  • EPILIM LIQUID
  • EPILIM CHRONO
  • EPILIM CHRONOSPHERE
  • SODIUM VALPROATE SEACROSS

Switzerland7

  • CONVULEX
  • DEPAKINE
  • ORFIRIL
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO
  • VALPROAT CHRONO DESITIN
  • VALPROAT SANDOZ
  • VALPROATE CHRONO SANOFI

Austria6

  • CONVULEX
  • DEPAKINE
  • CONVULEX FÜR KINDER
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO RETARD
  • DEPAKINE CHRONOSPHERE
  • NATRIUMVALPROAT G.L.

Belgium6

  • DEPAKINE
  • DEPAKINE ENTERIC
  • DEPAKINE I.V.
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO
  • VALPROATE DESITIN
  • VALPROATE RETARD EG

Bulgaria3

  • КОНВУЛЕКС
  • CONVULEX
  • CONVULEX CHRONO

Cyprus3

  • DEPAKINE
  • EPIXIVAL
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO

Croatia3

  • CONVYVAL
  • DIPLEKSIL
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO

Denmark7

  • DELEPSINE
  • DEPRAKINE RETARD
  • ORFIRIL
  • DELEPSINE RETARD
  • ORFIRIL LONG
  • ORFIRIL RETARD
  • VALPROAT LIFE

Estonia7

  • CONVULEX
  • ORFIRIL
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO
  • CONVULEX RETARD
  • ORFIRIL LONG
  • ORFIRIL SAFT
  • VALPROATE SODIUM SANDOZ

Finland6

  • ABSENOR
  • ORFIRIL
  • DEPRAKINE
  • ORFIRIL LONG
  • VALPROAT LIFE MEDICAL
  • VALPROAT SANDOZ

Greece3

  • DEPAKINE
  • HEXAQUIN
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO

Hungary3

  • CONVULEX
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO
  • CONVULEX GYERMEKEKNEK

Iceland2

  • ORFIRIL
  • ORFIRIL RETARD

Latvia3

  • CONVULEX
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO
  • CONVULEX RETARD

Lithuania6

  • CONVULEX
  • DEPAKINE
  • CONVULEX RETARD
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO
  • DEPAKINE CHRONOSPHERE
  • VALPROATE SODIUM SANDOZ

Luxembourg5

  • DEPAKINE
  • DEPAKINE ENTERIC
  • DEPAKINE I.V.
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO
  • VALPROATE RETARD EG

Malta2

  • EPILIM LIQUID
  • EPILIM CHRONO

Norway4

  • ORFIRIL
  • ORFIRIL LONG
  • ORFIRIL RETARD
  • VALPROAT LIFE MEDICAL

Netherlands13

  • DEPAKINE ENTERIC
  • DEPAKINE I.V.
  • DEPAKINE SUIKERVRIJE STROOP
  • DEPAKINE VLOEISTOF VOOR KINDEREN
  • ORFIRIL
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO
  • DEPAKINE CHRONOSPHERE
  • NATRIUMVALPROAAT DESITIN
  • NATRIUMVALPROAAT SANDOZ
  • NATRIUMVALPROAAT SEACROSS
  • VALPROATE SODIUM AUROBINDO
  • NATRIUMVALPROAAT CHRONO CF
  • NATRIUMVALPROAAT CHRONO TEVA

Poland7

  • ABSENOR
  • CONVIVAL CHRONO
  • CONVULEX
  • DEPAKINE
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO
  • DEPAKINE CHRONOSPHERE
  • VALPROLEK

Portugal16

  • DEPAKINE
  • DIPLEXIL
  • EPIXIVAL
  • ORFIRIL
  • PROXANDRA
  • DIPLEXIL-R
  • ORFIRIL XR
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO
  • DEPAKINE CHRONOSPHERE
  • ÁCIDO VALPRÓICO GENERIS
  • VALPROATO DE SÓDIO ALTAN PHARMACEUTICALS
  • VALPROATO DE SÓDIO SEACROSS
  • VALPROATO SEMISÓDICO TECNIFAR
  • ÁCIDO VALPRÓICO AUROVITAS
  • ÁCIDO VALPRÓICO GENERIS PHAR
  • VALPROIC ACID-VALPROIC ACID SODIUM SALT RATIOPHARM

Romania4

  • CONVULEX
  • DEPAKINE
  • ORFIRIL LONG
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO

Slovakia7

  • CONVULEX
  • DEPAKINE
  • ORFIRIL LONG
  • CONVULEX CR
  • CONVULEX KVAPKY
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO
  • VALPRO CHRONO

Slovenia3

  • CONVYVAL
  • DIPLEKSIL
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO

Sweden6

  • ABSENOR
  • ERGENYL
  • ORFIRIL
  • ABSENOR DEPOT
  • ORFIRIL LONG
  • ERGENYL RETARD

Czechia10

  • CONVULEX
  • DEPAKINE
  • ORFIRIL
  • CONVULEX CR
  • ORFIRIL LONG
  • DEPAKINE CHRONO
  • VALPROAT CHRONO SANDOZ
  • VALPROAT
  • VALPROAT CHRONO RATIOPHARM
  • VALPROAT RATIOPHARM
02Its place in the atlas

One answer out of three.

The atlas gives each molecule one of these three answers. Most call for nothing.

  • Our formula31 molecules
  • An active ingredient to consider59 molecules
  • Nothing to add574 moleculesincluding this one
Fig. 1The outlined square: Sodium valproate, one molecule among the 664 in the atlas. List: ANSM. Classification: Layer Nutrition.
04Another treatment

Do you also take another treatment?

Type the name written on the box. The atlas gives you its answer.

For example Panadol, Doliprane or paracetamol.