This study showed that intravenous sodium valproate has non-inferior efficacy to intravenous phenytoin as the first-line treatment of SE. The intravenous sodium valproate group had better outcomes in ...

Sodium Valproate is the active ingredient of Convulse (Nappi Code: 715980-009, 715999-001 & 781568-005), Convulse Syrup (Nappi Code: 781541-018), Exilic CR tabs (Nappi Code: 818666-005, 818674-008 & ...

[Posted 12/03/2009] The FDA notified health care professionals and patients about the increased risk of neural tube defects and other major birth defects, such as craniofacial defects and ...

Colas and colleagues used Nordic registries data with family linkage to study 5,721 offspring: 1,950 in Denmark, 1,416 in Norway, and 2,355 in Sweden. Children had fathers who were exposed to ...

According to the charities, 10% of babies born to women who take sodium valproate during pregnancy are born with physical disabilities, and up to 40% are at risk of developmental issues that can lead ...

Around 20,000 women and girls taking sodium valproate are to receive advice about the risks of taking the drug in pregnancy, the NHS has announced. The anti-epilepsy drug sodium valproate has been ...

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has warned men taking epilepsy medication valproate and their partners to use effective contraception, due to risks associated with ...

Thousands of women butchered by mesh and families of children left disabled by epilepsy drugs should be given pay-outs in the region of £25,000 each, ministers were told today. In a landmark ...

Christine Coley says she was not told of the risk of getting pregnant while taking the epilepsy drug Christine Coley was prescribed sodium valproate for epilepsy when she was trying for her fourth ...

During the study period, there were 92 patients diagnosed as SE. Of those 37, 17 SE patients received intravenous phenytoin and 20 received intravenous sodium valproate as the first-line treatment.

Sodium valproate controls electrical functions in the brain to prevent life-threatening seizures, with Epilim typically being a go-to brand in the UK and Ireland. Around 20,000 children in the UK have ...