how long does it take for depakote to get in your system
Get help from a doctor now âº. It varies: Normally accepted half life is 4-16 hours but one recent study reported 40 hour. This means 1/2 of the total in your system should be gone in up to 40 hours.. Another 1/2 of whatever is left will take another 40 hours and so on.
Depakote can cause serious side effects, including: 1  Serious liver damage that can cause death, especially in children younger than 2 years old. The risk of getting this serious liver damage is more likely to happen within the first 6 months of treatment. 2  Depakote may harm your unborn baby.