Why do some women with epilepsy use valproic acid despite current guidelines? A single-center cohort study.

CONCLUSION: Treatment with VPA is unavoidable in many WWE of childbearing age despite recent regulations. About 60% of WWE currently treated with VPA do not consent to withdraw VPA treatment after thorough consideration of potential risks and other 40% use VPA because pregnancy is highly unlikely and/or other treatments failed. PMID: 31299525 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31299525?dopt=Abstract

Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - July 8, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Bosak M, Słowik A, Turaj W Tags: Epilepsy Behav Source Type: research