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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Work has yet to begin on an inquiry into the prescribing of epilepsy medicine ... not to get pregnant while taking this medication, brandname Epilim containing Valproate, and to discuss pregnancy ...

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 ...