Other effective medicines are available for epilepsy and bipolar disorder and valproate should only be used if these don’t work or aren’t suitable for an individual patient. Image Credit: Medicines ...

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The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced it is assessing new data on the potential risk of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in ...

In an animal study, researchers found that valproate, a common epilepsy drug, possessed hypnotic and antiepileptic properties during sleep, suggesting that the drug could help improve sleep quality ...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has recommended that men taking valproate, and their female partners, should use effective contraception throughout the time they are on ...

Families of children harmed by a drug that caused up to 20,000 babies to be born with disabilities have welcomed calls for compensation after their plight was compared to the thalidomide scandal. The ...