Topic
birth defects
149 published works
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Research shows: Antiepileptic drugs linked to birth defects
By Jared Fink
Epilepsy in women comes with many potential effects on fertility, reproduction, menstrual cycle and sexual development. Both the disease, and the medications prescribed can have negative effects on a woman’s…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Depacon and similar AEDs connected to serious birth defects
By Jared Fink
Carefully and closely-monitored clinical management is extremely important for epileptic women who are trying to become pregnant, for an epileptic woman’s ‘seizure frequency’ or patterns may change during the course…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Study Shows: Sodium Valproate Linked to Birth Defects
By Jared Fink
Future studies are in high demand to accurately understand the fetus- and embryo-damaging capabilities of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Much research has been done on older antiepileptic drugs, but there has…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Depacon, other AEDs dangerous for developing child
By Jared Fink
Over the past 30 years, studies have shown that antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are capable of interfering with development an embryo, potentially causing serious birth defects and developmental malformations. The ability…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Study investigates how AEDs cause birth defects
By Jared Fink
Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have many unwanted and many times unpreventable side effects. Some of these unwanted side effects are the teratogenic effects these AEDs are known to have. Teratogenic abnormalities…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
“Birth defects after prenatal exposure to anti-epileptic drugs”
By Jared Fink
A recent paper in The Lancet Neurology titled “Birth defects after prenatal exposure to anti-epileptic drugs” highlights the fact that use of antiepileptic drugs containing sodium valproate (Depacon, others) during…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2004 – Depacon associated with risk for congenital malformations
By Jared Fink
In 2004, a team of researchers led by PW Kaplan et al. published a report in Neurology showing “Women with epilepsy also have elevated rates of congenital anomalies and major…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Depacon Dosage Important in Risk for Birth Defects
By Jared Fink
Depacon (vallproic acid) is an antiepileptic drug used to treat a wide range of seizure disorders. There are many benefits that patients receive from certain antiepileptic drugs. However these drugs…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
New AEDs Safer than Depacon in Pregnancy
By Jared Fink
In 2004, a study published in Epilepsy & Behavior demonstrated that the new generation of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) pose less danger to a developing fetus than do older drugs. This…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Depacon, not genetics, associated with birth defects
By Jared Fink
In 2007, a team of researchers led by U. Kini et al. set out to prove whether or not the genetics played a role in elevating the the observed risk…