Austin Emergency Management (AEM) is kicking off National Preparedness Month this September with two community events designed to make emergency preparedness easy, accessible and engaging for Central Texans.
Day: September 11, 2026
Therapeutic substitution, where one drug is replaced with a less expensive drug, is one tool to help with this. One substitution we’re occasionally asked about is using valproic acid (VPA) (Depakene) in place of divalproex sodium (Depakote). VPA costs about half as much as divalproex in most cases. 1
