ST. PAUL, Minn. – A popular epilepsy drug taken by pregnant women with epilepsy because of its mild risk of birth defects has been linked to increased seizure activity in up to 75 percent of ...

New guidelines show it's relatively safe for women with epilepsy to become pregnant, but caution must be taken, including avoiding one particular epilepsy drug that can cause birth defects. New ...

MINNEAPOLIS – A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies. The research is ...

Lamotrigine and/or levetiracetam taken during pregnancy were not linked to development delays in children at 3 years. Children born to women with epilepsy who were taking the antiseizure medications ...

While older drugs for epilepsy, taken while pregnant, have been shown in previous research to affect the creative thinking of children, a new study finds no effects on creativity for children born to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Guidelines released this week recommend that women with epilepsy should avoid taking the anti-epilepsy drug valproate during pregnancy, because of the risk of harmful ...

April 28, 2009 (Seattle, Washington) — New guidelines confirm that pregnancy is relatively safe for women with epilepsy, but panelists say the antiepileptic valproate should be avoided if possible.

August 14, 2009 — Seizures in pregnant women with epilepsy (WWE) can contribute to an increased risk for low birth weight, preterm birth, and small for gestational age (SGA) infants compared with ...

There's long been concern that certain drugs taken to control seizures might be unsafe for use by pregnant women, due to potential effects on the fetus. Now, new British research suggests that the ...

Two epilepsy drugs, levetiracetam and topiramate, may not harm the thinking skills and IQs of school-age children born to women who took them while pregnant, according to a recent study. The research ...

Babies born to pregnant women taking the epilepsy drug lamotrigine may not be at an increased risk of birth defects, such as cleft lip, cleft palate or clubfoot, according to a study published in the ...

Seizure frequency can increase or decrease in an unpredictable manner during pregnancy, and the nature of the change is not related to seizure type, duration, or seizures in previous pregnancies.