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 ...

Paternal use of the anti-seizure medication valproate during spermatogenesis was not associated with a risk of congenital malformations or neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring, an observational ...

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 ...

Men taking sodium valproate are being warned to use contraception while on the medicine, because of "a potential small increased risk" of neurodevelopmental disorders in their future children, ...

New guidance to support regulations around the use of valproate in women and girls of child bearing age with epilepsy has been published by specialists from 13 UK healthcare bodies including seven ...

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 Food and Drug Administration issued a warning on Monday advising pregnant women not to take valproate sodium products. Studies have shown that the medication can cause decreased IQ scores in ...

An 18-year-old woman presented to hospital with a 2-day history of decreased consciousness, nausea and vomiting. She had started taking valproate (750 mg/d) 2 weeks before for the treatment of ...

Lithium carbonate and valproate sodium are each recommended as monotherapy for preventing relapses in patients with bipolar disorder and are sometimes used in combination. However, combination therapy ...

The Price section compares costs of the same generic drugs across brands and is purely for information purpose. Medindia neither buys nor sells drugs. Divalproex (Sodium Valproate) is an ...