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Oct 1, 2009 | Posted by: roboblogger

Warning: Epilepsy Drug Harms Babies' IQ

Full story: NewsTarget.com

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 .

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Jennifer Lindley

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Oct 1, 2009
 
I have Epilepsy and I ad two children I am on Tegretol CR and My Girls are very bright considering the amount of tegretol I was on towards the end of the pregnancey.I was on 600mg inthe morning 200mg at 2pm and 800mg at night.
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Boone, NC

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Is it a statistical anomaly?
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