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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NEW YORK  - Children born to mothers with  epilepsy who took the anti-seizure medication valproate during  pregnancy have an increased risk of developmental delay and  cognitive impairment, according to results of a new study.
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Treatment with the anti-seizure  drug gabapentin may improve the irritability seen in certain  children with neurologic impairments, researchers report in the  journal Pediatrics.
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Epilepsy drugs used by millions of people may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior, the Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday in an alert to doctors.
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A leading epilepsy charity is today urging women taking the anti-epileptic drug sodium valproate not to panic and stop taking the medication in light of the findings of a major new study.
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In the 1950s a drug called thalidomide was introduced. Unknowingly, this drug from a foreign source caused horrific birth defects.
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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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Eli Lilly and Co. on Friday said it added a warning to the label of its attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder medicine, advising patients with jaundice or a liver injury to stop taking the treatment.
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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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The drugs that control epilepsy may pose a risk to a fetus if a woman takes them while pregnant.
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Doctors aren't doing a very good job of warning young women to avoid getting pregnant when they're taking prescription drugs that can cause birth defects, a new study suggests.
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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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Georgia has too many babies born with infantile paralysis caused by the serious birth defect spina bifida. If all women of reproductive age consumed enough of the B vitamin folic acid
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is facing new questions about its ability to police the safety of medicines after they reach the market following concerns about a widely used diabetes drug.
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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, concerned about the number of children being accidentally overdosed on over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, yesterday warned parents never to give children younger than age 2 such products without a doctor's approval.
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Companies that make drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder must take extra steps to alert patients to possible cardiovascular and psychiatric risks, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.