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| Rob Duncan 2005-03-29, 7:15 pm |
| I was going to mention this, then forgot to. Then forgot where I read it.
Depakote has been shown to cause an incredible amount of birth defects in
children. 1 of every 10 children born to a mother taking it for neuropathic
pain, epilepsy, or bipolar, is born with at least one birth defect. Much
worse than thalidomide. (the frequency of birth defects, not the severity)
This doesnt mean its bad for you to take as an adult, it means it has a
negative impact on fetal growth. If youre on it for anything other than
bipolar, and pregnant, or plan on getting pregnant, consult your doctor,
now.
Can anyone find that study? I cant, and its irritating me.
Rob
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| Rob
I don't lknow if this is the actual study but did find a large number of news articles on Depakote.
This is from the Mass General Hospital...: http://www.massgeneral.org/aed/aed_...t-VALPROATE.pdf
A Fox news article....: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151072,00.html
And the results of a Google search..: http://tinyurl.com/58q7p
Addendum: I researched Valproic Acid many years ago and fround that it was originally used as an industrial solvent in England when they found that employees of companies that used it that had a history of Epilepsy found they had a reduction of seizures.
Hope this helps,
Pappy
"Rob Duncan" <robduncan@gbronline.com> wrote in message news:zZqdnXJIEM8hstzfRVn-rQ@gbronline.com...
I was going to mention this, then forgot to. Then forgot where I read it.
Depakote has been shown to cause an incredible amount of birth defects in
children. 1 of every 10 children born to a mother taking it for neuropathic
pain, epilepsy, or bipolar, is born with at least one birth defect. Much
worse than thalidomide. (the frequency of birth defects, not the severity)
This doesnt mean its bad for you to take as an adult, it means it has a
negative impact on fetal growth. If youre on it for anything other than
bipolar, and pregnant, or plan on getting pregnant, consult your doctor,
now.
Can anyone find that study? I cant, and its irritating me.
Rob
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