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Expert: Dr Alan Galbraith - 7/2/2006


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I AM CURENTLY TAKING DEPAKOTE 250MG 2 X'S PER DAY. I WANTED TO START TAKING TRIMSPA THE APPETITE SUPRESSANT.  ARE THERE ANY DRUG INTERACTIOS WITH THIS

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Dear Sarah

There are no known interactions here, but cannot guarantee it although I would consider an interaction to be extremely unlikely. Do not build up your hope that Trimspa will work, there is no real evidence that it does. Could you not ask your prescriber to change the Depakote to something else as it is known to lead to weight gain.

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Dr Alan Galbraith

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Dr Alan Galbraith

Expertise

I can answer most questions on most drugs. Answers can be given in either technical or layperson terminology. My main areas of interest are psychiatric, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular drugs.

Experience

I have been a university lecturer/head of department for almost thirty years, but am now retired. My research interests were alcohol, smoking and cardiovascular disease.

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Institute of Biology, London.


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Author of "Fundamentals of Pharmacology" 5th Edition published in November 2007 by Pearson Education, Australia.

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BSc(Hons);MSc;PhD;MIBiol; Cert Biol; HECert

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