Many women suffering from epilepsy become pregnant. In that case proper control and correct attacks prevention is extremely important. Only a few drugs, used in epilepsy treatment are considered to be safe for expectant mothers. The most popular is carbamazepine. There is also a group of drugs with proven negative impact on the developing fetus. On March 2011 one more drug joined this group. It was topiramate, which is used by adults and children over the age of two in therapy of partial seizures, generalized tonic-clonic seizures, unconsciousness, myoclonic, Lennox-Gastaut and Waet syndrome, as well as in the treatment of chronic migraine and obesity.
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