Depakote, Valproic Acid News

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Information for Healthcare Professionals: Risk of Neural Tube Birth Defects following prenatal exposure to Valproate [December 3, 2009]: The FDA is reminding health care professionals about the increased risk of neural tube defects and other major birth defects, such as craniofacial defects and cardiovascular malformations, in babies exposed to ...

New Haven, Conn. - An anti-convulsant drug commonly used to treat epilepsy reduces cysts in mice that are associated with polycystic kidney disease , a difficult to treat ailment that afflicts 600,000 people in the United States, Yale University researchers report.

In experimental models, it has also been shown to have neuroprotective and antiepileptogenic effects.

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The antipsychotic Geodon has been formally approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder, when used along with lithium or valproate .

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Abbott Laboratories this morning confirmed the company's sales and marketing practices of Depakote, the widely used drug to treat bipolar disorder and epilepsy, are under federal investigation.

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Pregnant women who take a widely prescribed epilepsy drug give birth to children with lower average IQs, according to a study conducted by researchers from Emory University School of Medicine and published in the New England Journal of Medicine .

Treating seizures during pregnancy is a delicate balance. On the one hand, seizures are dangerous for mother and fetus.

The aim of this study is to investigate whether ABCB1 haplotype combinations would affect P-glycoprotein function and impact the clinical responses of antiepileptic drugs .

NORTH WALES,A Pa. The worlda s largest generic drug company has released a generic epilepsy drug.

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Inherited epilepsy can be halted by silencing the gene responsible for it, a study has shown.