A large cohort study sheds new light on neurodevelopmental risk in children after prenatal antiseizure medication exposure, ...

Paternal use of the anti-seizure medication valproate during spermatogenesis was not associated with a risk of congenital malformations or neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring, an observational ...

Paternal exposure to antiseizure medications is unlikely to pose any major risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes for offspring conceived while the parent was taking the drug, according to a ...

Findings published by The BMJ reinforce previous research linking use of the antiseizure drug valproate during pregnancy to neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD and autism in children, and ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Dr. Adrienne Chan and Professor Ian Wong led the study to analyze antiseizure medication use across 73 countries between 2012 and 2022 ...

Other effective medicines are available for epilepsy and bipolar disorder and valproate should only be used if these don’t work or aren’t suitable for an individual patient. Image Credit: Medicines ...

But the continued widespread use of valproate in some parts of the world is concerning, given its known risks during pregnancy. Greater global alignment on safe prescribing and education is urgently ...

Aston University’s Dr Adrienne Chan and Professor Ian Wong led research to map global use of the antiseizure medication Valproate is listed as an essential medicine by the World Health Organization ...

When hannah mulcahy was 14 she had what she calls “the big, bad one”: the kind of seizure everyone imagines when they think of epilepsy. But her doctors hesitated to give her sodium valproate, a ...

Findings published by The BMJ today reinforce previous research linking use of the antiseizure drug valproate during pregnancy to neurodevelopmental ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Absolute 10-year CKD risks were similar in both the lithium and valproate groups. Of more than 35,000 routine ...