Prescription Drugs as Birth Control
Can a medication designed to minimize epileptic seizures, serve as birth control? Can an antidepressant, also serve as birth control? Indirectly, yes—if women who depend on various drugs to stabilize...
View ArticleDepakote Studies Need Cautionary Notes for Pregnant Women
Some reports put Depakote in a more favorable light over other epilepsy drugs because there isn’t an increased risk of self-harm of suicidal behavior as reported in similar epilepsy meds. But such...
View ArticleADHD Depakote & Clonidine Cocktail Settlement: No Cheers Heard
Remember Rebecca Riley? The four-year old who died of a clonidine overdose at the hands of her parents, Michael and Carolyn Riley, on December 13, 2006? This utterly tragic cautionary tale reached its...
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Infographic: Depakote Birth Defects, Off-Label Marketing by the Numbers
Infographic shows an overview of Depakote and alleged birth defects--Depakote is a pregnancy risk Category D drug. Category D drugs have shown positive evidence of fetal risk based on adverse reaction...
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