The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has revised its guidance on sodium valproate use in men, removing a requirement for dual specialist reviews for those already on the ...

Other effective medicines are available for epilepsy and bipolar disorder and valproate should only be used if these don’t work or aren’t suitable for an individual patient. Image Credit: Medicines ...

Families of children harmed by a drug that caused up to 20,000 babies to be born with disabilities have welcomed calls for compensation after their plight was compared to the thalidomide scandal. The ...

The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced it is assessing new data on the potential risk of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in ...

Maternal use of valproate during pregnancy has been associated with an increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children. Although most studies of other antiseizure medications have not shown ...

Taking antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) was associated with a subsequent diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD), a U.K.-based case control study suggested. There was a significant association between AED ...