antiepileptic

• “Availability of investigational antiepileptic medications.”

  Pediatric Regional Epilepsy Program

• “In 2008, the FDA warned that patients on all antiepileptic drugs should be "monitored for the emergence or worsening of depression, suicidal thoughts or behavior, or any unusual changes in mood or behavior," and warnings on drug labels were soon required.”

  The Huffington Post: Martha Rosenberg: Moms-To-Be: Are You Taking This Dangerous Drug?

• “But this month FDA issued a warning that pregnant women who take the antiepileptic drug Topamax are 20 times as likely to have their babies develop cleft lip and cleft palate as they would otherwise be, says Reuters.”

  The Huffington Post: Martha Rosenberg: Moms-To-Be: Are You Taking This Dangerous Drug?

• “That compared to a rate of 0.38% to 0.55% in infants exposed to other antiepileptic drugs.”

  The Wall Street Journal: FDA Strengthens Topamax Warning

• “Mild antiepileptic drugs, even if they do alter development, will still cause this child to thrive far more than if the kid went untreated.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Adderall

• “The diuretics were contaminated with bacteria; the antiepileptic drugs were contaminated with fungi, and one patient died because of taking those drugs; the antihypertensive drugs and the antidiabetic drugs were mixed.”

  Chaotic drug management in Hong Kong

• “A recent FDA Information for Healthcare Professionals sheet 12/12/2007, described an increased risk of SJS/TEN with another antiepileptic drug, carbamazepine, in Asian ancestry patients with the HLA-B*1502 allele.”

  Caution for Asians on epilepsy drug

• “While stating that patients and doctors should carefully weigh the benefits of the drugs against the risks, the agency is urging doctors to “closely monitor all patients currently taking or starting any antiepileptic drug for notable changes in behavior that could indicate the emergence or worsening of suicidal thoughts or behavior or depression.””

  Consumer Reports: Drugs for nerve pain, bipolar disorder linked to thoughts of suicide

• “This time the culprits are antiepileptic drugs -- medications used to control seizures.”

  Dr. Peter Breggin: More Reasons Not to Take Psychiatric Drugs

• “The FDA said it would be working with manufacturers of the antiepileptic drugs to include the new information in product labeling.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Suicidal-Thoughts Risk Is Linked

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