'Women feel guilt and anger and they want peace' - the epilepsy drug that harmed babies
The seizures stopped," she told BBC News NI.When she moved to England, got married and became pregnant she asked her doctor if her medication would be an issue."I was told 'absolutely not'. He said: 'If you need any more as you're having extra seizures take some more'.However, Susan's children were born with symptoms of foetal valproate syndrome. She has still not received a response to her 16 July deadline.
- ▪The seizures stopped," she told BBC News NI.When she moved to England, got married and became pregnant she asked her doctor if her medication would be an issue."I was told 'absolutely not'.
- ▪He said: 'If you need any more as you're having extra seizures take some more'.However, Susan's children were born with symptoms of foetal valproate syndrome.
- ▪She has still not received a response to her 16 July deadline.
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'Women feel guilt and anger and they want peace' - the epilepsy drug that harmed babiesImage caption, Susan Jamison has severe seizures which are managed with sodium valproateByAmy StewartBBC News NI Published4 minutes agoPregnant women who took an epilepsy drug and say they were not warned of possible birth defects, feel a mix of "guilt" and "anger," one mother has said.Sodium valproate, which is also used to treat bipolar disorder, external, can cause physical harm in the womb and children can be born with a cleft palete and spina bifida, external as well as neurodevelopmental disorders.The medicine now carries warnings about use during pregnancy, but Susan Jamison, now 60, said she was not told about the possible consequences when she was expecting babies in 1990s.A 2020 review…
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