Depakote Anti-Epilepsy Medication Linked to Birth Defects
The family of a 12-year-old child has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the young girl who underwent an extremely difficult operation, along with her mother, while she was still in the womb. The highly complicated open fetal surgery took place at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The operation was an attempt to … [Read more...]
MHRA Stronger Warnings for Women taking Valproate
Stronger Warnings for Women taking Valproate. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is urging healthcare professionals to better inform women about the risks of taking valproate medicines, which are used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder. The product information was recently updated to include the … [Read more...]
British Health Agency Strengthens Warnings about Valproate Risk in Pregnancy
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Britain’s drug regulatory agency, has issued a statement urging healthcare professionals to give women better information on the risk of birth defects when Depakote and other valproate medicines are used during pregnancy. These medications are used to treat epilepsy and … [Read more...]
Epilepsy Drugs Linked to Birth Defects
Epilepsy Drugs Linked to Birth Defects. A new study of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) has found that pregnant women taking such medications were more likely to give birth to children with certain birth defects. The AEDs birth defect study, which was recently presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, found … [Read more...]
Valproate Study Sees Problems for Developing Fetus
Another Valproate Study. Children exposed to valproate in-utero may exhibit lower IQs as toddlers than children whose mothers took other epilepsy drugs, according to the results of an interim study conducted by scientists at the University of Liverpool. Valproate is an epilepsy drug sold under the brand names Depacon and … [Read more...]
Valproate Linked to Children with Lower IQs
Valproate During Pregnancy Linked to Children with Lower IQs. Valproate (sold under the brand names Depacon and Depakene) taken during pregnancy may cause children to have lower IQs, according to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. According to a report on Reuters.com, toddlers exposed to valproate in utero … [Read more...]
More Risks to Unborn in Depakote
Taking Epilepsy Drug Depakote While Pregnant May Result To A Birth Defect. One in four women who took the widely used epilepsy drug valproate while pregnant gave birth to children who were mentally retarded, double the rate among women who took other epilepsy medicines, researchers said. The report, presented at the annual meeting … [Read more...]
Drug Vaporite Greater Birth-Defect Risk
Valproate Birth Defect Risks. Use of the anticonvulsant drug valproate during pregnancy may pose a significantly great risk of birth defects than does use of other antiseizure medications. In the March 22 issue of Neurology, researchers from the North American AED (Antiepileptic Drug) Pregnancy Registry at Massachusetts General … [Read more...]
