FDA warns about epilepsy drug, birth defect
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Taking GlaxoSmithKline Plc's  Lamictal epilepsy drug during the first three months of  pregnancy may increase the chances of having a baby with a  cleft lip or palate, U.S. regulators warned on Friday.
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A commonly used epilepsy drug is responsible for developmental problems and lower IQs in the children of women who take it during pregnancy, new research suggests today.
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WASHINGTON - A new Food and Drug Administration analysis backs earlier suggestions of a link between at least some antidepressants used by children and suicidal tendencies, prompting the agency to prepare new warnings.    Exactly what those warnings will say, and which drugs will be affected, hasn't been settled, according to FDA documents released Friday...
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Pfizer is the latest drug maker to warn that a product already on the market may pose serious health risks. It took outrage from activists in September to get the Food and Drug Administration to require warning
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The anti-epilepsy drug sodium valproate is associated with developmental delay and lower IQ, suggests research in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
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U.S. regulators warned Cyberonics Inc.  CYBX.O of manufacturing deficiencies at the Houston plant  that makes its sole product, an implantable device to treat  epilepsy, the company said on Monday.
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HIV drug Viracept has been recalled because "human error" led to a higher than normal level of a chemical which can cause cancer.  (c) 2007 Liverpool Echo. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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The US Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that a strong new warning will be issued for the medical-abortion drug known as RU-486, citing the risk of &quot;rare but serious complications that may occur with any abortion.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned GlaxoSmithKline Plc  on Thursday over misleading advertisements touting its hypertension drug called Coreg.
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Researchers report that taking an antidepressant like Prozac may increase a pregnant womanâs risk of having a baby with a birth defect, but the chances appear remote and confined to a few rare defects.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned that people with heart problems should not take the hyperactivity drug Adderall, and studies may be done to see if it raises risk in others, a top official at the agency said on Thursday.
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When children suffer life-threatening seizures, doctors have minutes to decide which of two drugs to use to try to save them &#151; with no good research on which works better.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday warned nursing mothers who are taking the painkiller codeine to be vigilant for unusual drowsiness or other signs of overdose in their babies, because a significant fraction of women carry a gene that leads to high concentrations of narcotic substances in...
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The Food and Drug Administration has published a note on its Web site regarding new warnings added to the labeling for Bextra, an arthritis pain drug made by Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ). The warnings
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A gene that causes a rare but severe form of epilepsy in people is also found in highly bred dogs, which could lead to new ways to treat the condition, an international team of researchers said on Thursday.
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U.S. regulators warned Cyberonics Inc.  of manufacturing deficiencies at the Houston plant that makes  its sole product, an implantable device to treat epilepsy, the  company said on Monday.
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An anti-epilepsy drug first licensed in the UK in 1975 may cause long-term developmental problems in children born to pregnant women using it, suggest the results of a new study.