The FDA warned that women taking topiramate in the first trimester more often had babies with cleft lip and palate: 1.4% of infants exposed on single-drug therapy, against 0.38% to 0.55% on other anticonvulsants and 0.07% with no exposure. Stronger labeling will be required.
Section archive
Epilepsy
- All desks
- Abortion
- Accutane
- Acetaminophen
- Acid Reflux
- Acidic Foods
- Acne
- Acrylamide
- Acupuncture
- Additives
- ADHD
- Adiposity
- Advisories
- Aerobic Exercise
- Aflatoxin
- Agave
- Agent Orange
- Aging
- Agriculture
- AIDS
- Air Pollution
- Airline Passengers
- Airport
- ALA
- Alcohol
- Alcoholic Beverage
- Alerts
- Allergy
- Alli
- Aloe Vera
- ALS
- Alternative Medicine
- Aluminum
- Alzheimer's
- Amalgam
- AMD
- Ampyra
- Amygdala
- Anal Cancer
- And
- Anemia
- Angiogenesis
- Animal Protein
- Animals
- Anorexia
- Anthocyanins
- Anthrax
- Anti-Angiogenesis
- Anti-Obesity
- Antibacterial
- Antibiotic
Disease
Epilepsy Self-Management Tools
New CDC Managing Epilepsy Well Network studies in Epilepsy & Behavior report that UPLIFT, a phone and Internet depression treatment, significantly reduced depressive symptoms in adults with epilepsy, and that PEARLS eased them through eight home visits.
Drug
Epilepsy drug when taken in pregnancy lowers baby's IQ
In the NEAD study of 309 children, those exposed in the womb to valproate averaged an IQ of 92 at age 3, against 101, 99 and 98 for lamotrigine, phenytoin and carbamazepine. Higher maternal doses meant lower scores.
3 stories