As monotherapy, the valproic acid salts have been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of several types of epileptic seizures, both primary and secondarily generalised seizures as well as ...

Researchers investigate how anti-seizure medication use during pregnancy may increase the risk of neuropsychological ...

The intravenous sodium valproate group had better outcomes in all five variables (Table 6). Numbers of patients with clinically-controlled seizures was almost statistically significant (p value 0. ...

Sodium valproate was already known to make it more difficult to father a child. But the MHRA says this is usually reversible after the drug is stopped. Chief executive of the Epilepsy Society ...

Fetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder is the umbrella term for a variety of conditions that occur when epilepsy medication is taken during pregnancy. In 2022, former health secretary Jeremy Hunt ...

The Patient Safety Commissioner has said in a new report that "thousands of women, children, and families have been harmed" by the epilepsy drug sodium valproate and "there is a compelling case ...

Children born to mothers who take antiseizure medications to manage seizures and psychiatric conditions during pregnancy may ...

Children exposed to the anti-seizure drug lamotrigine during pregnancy were at no increased risk for autism or intellectual ...

Children exposed to antiseizure medications while in their mother's wombs may be at a higher risk of developing ...

Children born to mothers who take antiseizure medications to manage seizures and psychiatric conditions during pregnancy may face increased risks of neurodevelopmental conditions, according to new ...

Children exposed to antiseizure medications during pregnancy may face an elevated risk of neurodevelopmental conditions, with ...