The teratogenicity of anticonvulsant drugs: a progress report

Teratogenicity of Antiepileptic Drugs

Objective Antiepileptic drugs (AED) have chronic teratogenic effects, the most common of which are congenital heart disease, cleft lip/palate, urogenital and neural tube defects. The aim of our study is to examine teratogenic effects of AED and the correlation between these malformations and AED in single or multiple pregnancies. Methods This is a retrospective study of malformations in child...

Substitution of anticonvulsant drugs

Changing from branded drugs to generic alternatives, or between different generic formulations, is common practice aiming at reducing health care costs. It has been suggested that antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) should be exempt from substitution because of the potential negative consequences of adverse events and breakthrough seizures. Controlled data are lacking on the risk of substitution. Howeve...

Comparative Teratogenicity of Alcohol and Other Drugs

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) conducted a national household survey of drug use in 1990, completing interviews with 9,259 people. Of all women surveyed, 78.7 percent reported they had drunk alcohol in their lifetime (NIDA 1991a). Sixty­one percent drank in the past year, and 44.1 percent drank in the past month. Women were generally light drinkers: 19 percent drank less often than...

Common Mechanism for Teratogenicity of Antiepileptic Drugs

Azarbayjani, F. 2001. Common mechanism for teratogenicity of antiepileptic drugs. Drug induced embryonic arrhythmia and hypoxia-reoxygenation damage. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculy of Pharmacy 253. 54 pp. Uppsala.

Triazoline Anticonvulsant Drugs