At the moment that's nobody." Catherine Cox, from Keyworth in Nottinghamshire, was one of thousands of women who took the ...

Up to 20,000 babies may have been affected by exposure to valproate since it was introduced. Some, like the government’s ...

The MHRA has eased sodium valproate restrictions for men, dropping dual specialist reviews for current patients.

Kami Kountcheva | Families harmed by exposure to valproate during pregnancy “can’t wait any longer”, says Epilepsy Action on the one-year anniversary of The Hughes Report. Families harmed by exposure ...

Sodium valproate is a medicine used to treat epilepsy. For some people it might be the most effective epilepsy medicine. However, sodium valproate carries a higher risk than other anti-seizure ...

At the age of 12 after a catastrophic bus accident, Deborah was diagnosed with epilepsy and put on medication called sodium valproate "for the time being". Fast-forward several years later and Deborah ...

One of the many possible side effects of antiepileptic drugs is a change in weight. Valproate, in particular, has been associated with weight gain. However, a recent study by Patricio Espinosa, MD, ...

Childhood Absence Epilepsy (CAE) is a neurological condition causing brief, unnoticed seizures often mistaken for daydreaming ...