The alert follows advice in January that men and women under 55 should only be prescribed the drug, sold under brand names such as Epilim ... medication. "We are concerned people with epilepsy ...

The medication, sold in Ireland as Epilim, is an effective treatment for epilepsy. However, it is now known that, when taken during pregnancy it can cause birth defects, neurodevelopmental ...

Men taking a drug for epilepsy should should use “effective contraception”, the UK’s medicines regulator has ... is sold under brand names such as Epilim and Depakote and is also used ...

For many people with epilepsy, anti-epileptic drugs ... branded and generic versions of the same medication, for example sodium valproate and Epilim. Generic prescribing is the process of treating ...

Patients should also not donate sperm while taking – or up to three months after stopping – valproate which is sold under brand names such as Epilim ... on other epilepsy medications ...