A 7-year-old patient weighing 24.4kg is prescribed treatment…
A 7-year-old patient weighing 24.4kg is prescribed treatment with oral sodium valproate 200mg/5mL solution for epilepsy. The prescriber would like to initiate the lowest starting dose to be taken twice a day. Each dose is rounded to the nearest whole number to aid administration. Extract from Online BNF for sodium valproate How many millilitres of sodium valproate should be prescribed for 28 days of treatment?