Sentences with phrase «drug valproate»

By Kate Stinchfield MONDAY, Dec. 1, 2008 (Health.com)-- Pregnant women who take the epilepsy drug valproate may be more likely to have a child with autism than those who don't take the seizure - controlling drug, according to a study published Monday in the journal Neurology.

The seizure drug valproate and capsaicin cream, which were considered probably effective in the 2011 AAN guideline, were ineffective in this meta - analysis.

Not exact matches

The drug — a mood stabilizer called valproate — is commonly prescribed to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, though its mechanism of action is poorly understood and only some patients respond to the treatment.

Of these 171 women, 42 had taken levetiracetam, 27 had taken topirimate and 47 had taken valproate while pregnant — an additional control group of women with similarly - aged children who had not taken any antiepileptic drug while pregnant was also included in the study.

A common mood - stabilizing drug, valproate, is found to control manic - like behavior induced in mice with an extra copy of a gene called SHANK3

They also gave the bipolar drugs lithium and valproate to mice, and investigated the effects on their brains.

Patients taking lithium had lower rates of self - harm and unintentional injury compared to those taking other bipolar drugs, such as valproate (Depacon, Depakote), olanzapine (Zyprexa) or quetiapine (Seroquel), said lead researcher Joseph Hayes.

To compare lithium against newer medications, Hayes and his colleagues collected medical data on nearly 6,700 people diagnosed as bipolar and prescribed only one of the drugs — lithium, valproate, olanzapine or quetiapine.

Of those children, 64 were exposed to valproate in utero, 44 to lamotrigine, 76 to carbamazepine, and 65 to other epilepsy drugs or combinations of drugs.

First line drugs used in the treatment of a migraine include propranolol, topiramate, Divalproex / sodium valproate, and metoprolol.