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Epilepsy and pregnancy: a prospective study of seizure control in relation to free and total plasma concentrations of
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Although the vast majority of women with epilepsy have normal pregnancy outcomes
reported a prevalence of fetal hydantoin syndrome (FHS) of 11% in pregnant women receiving treatment for epilepsy with phenytoin, with an additional 30% of the in utero-exposed children
Phenytoin is highly effective for seizures and is one of the most commonly used seizure medicines in North America
Epilepsy in pregnancy is a serious condition that needs to be monitored The lifetime risk of developing epilepsy is 3
Malnutrition, malignancy, and pregnancy are other causes of phenytoin toxicity in a patient on chronic therapy without any changes in dose
Women with epilepsy comprise almost half of the population with general epilepsy
If you have epilepsy, it means that you have had more than one unexplained fit, or seizure
Phenytoin is used to control certain type of seizures, and to treat and prevent seizures that may begin during or after surgery to the brain or nervous system
Tonic-clonic seizures have the highest risk for sudden unexpecetd death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and seizure-related injuries
Epilepsy is a chronic neurological condition that requires treatment throughout the pregnancy
It is also used to prevent and treat seizures that occur during brain surgery
22 Some women might have seizures because the level of their epilepsy medicine in their blood changes during pregnancy
The EURAP registry provided further support for this trend, with a prevalence of 2
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The purpose of this document is to review the most commonly used compounds in the treatment of women with epilepsy, and to provide information on the latest experimental and human epidemiological studies of the effects of antiepileptic drugs in the exposed embryos
If you're taking phenytoin for epilepsy, stopping it suddenly can cause seizures
However, it is known to have several potential risks and side effects, especially when taken during pregnancy
Carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin or topiramate use during pregnancy increases the risk of physical birth abnormalities compared with the general population