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Antiepileptic Drugs and Pregnancy: The Good,The Bad, and The Ugly

EURAP is an international registry for antiepileptic drugs and pregnancy.  At its inception in 1999, it included only European countries but EURAP has grown and now includes 42 countries from Europe, Australia, Asia, South America. [...]

By |2025-06-26T09:07:47-04:00May 1st, 2018|Anti-Epileptic Drugs, Outcomes, Pregnancy & Medications, Risk of Malformations|Comments Off on Antiepileptic Drugs and Pregnancy: The Good,The Bad, and The Ugly

From the North American AED Pregnancy Registry: The Newer Anticonvulsants Appear to Be Safer

While it is well-established that several of the older anticonvulsants, including valproate (Depakote), carry a significant teratogenic risk, less is known about the reproductive safety of the newer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). The North American AED Pregnancy Registry was established in 1997 for pregnant women in the United States and Canada at the Massachusetts General Hospital. The purpose of the registry is to obtain and publish information on the frequency of major malformations among infants whose mothers have taken one or more AEDs during pregnancy.

By |2025-06-26T09:08:16-04:00June 13th, 2012|Anti-Epileptic Drugs, Mood Stabilizers, Outcomes, Pregnancy & Medications, Risk of Malformations|Comments Off on From the North American AED Pregnancy Registry: The Newer Anticonvulsants Appear to Be Safer
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