That means around 1 in every 100 people in the UK has seizures or needs epilepsy medicines. In our public assessment reports, we discuss evidence-based reviews of safety issues linked with a particular medicine or group of medicines. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the government agency responsible for regulating medicines and medical devices in the UK and ensuring their safety, quality and effectiveness. We continually review the safety of all medicines in the UK and inform healthcare professionals and the public of the latest updates.
In clinical studies where the effect of dose is examined, the findings are inconsistent. The meta-analysis by Weston et al (2016) and data from the North American Antiepileptic Drug Pregnancy Registry and the Australian Pregnancy Registry failed to observe an increased risk of major congenital malformations with increasing doses of topiramate. The available clinical data examining the effect of topiramate on fetal loss are very limited and the findings are inconsistent (Ornoy et al 2008, Trivedi et al 2018, Vajda et al 2018, Veroniki et al 2017a).
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Non-clinical studies have reported that exposure to lamotrigine during pregnancy and also in juvenile rats can induce some neurobehavioural effects at doses relevant to human therapeutic doses. NICE guidance recommends that it can be used as adjunctive treatment in focal seizures. Data from the CPRD suggests that among the prioritised antiepileptics drugs that gabapentin is one that is commonly initiated in women of childbearing age with epilepsy and also that it is among the most commonly prescribed antiepileptic drugs in pregnancy.
Congenital malformations were detected in 2 offspring (7.7%) exposed to zonisamide as part of polytherapy, so the role of zonisamide is unclear. In the study by Källén et al there were only 7 pregnancies exposed to zonisamide, of which 3 were exposed to zonisamide monotherapy; no congenital malformations were reported in any of these pregnancies. Data from non-clinical studies in rats published in the scientific literature reported some evidence of neurodegenerative changes in the brains of the offspring exposed during pregnancy (Glier et al 2004, Singh M, Mishra A., 2005, Hashish 2014). Limitations in the study designs, combined with conflicting findings in a Good Laboratory Practice compliant study in which there was no sign of degenerative changes in the brains of rat offspring means that there is no clear evidence of a potential for topiramate to adversely affect central nervous system development.
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At that time, similar reviews had not recently been done for the other epilepsy medicines. The Commission on Human Medicines recommended that the MHRA should review whether the available data raises any new safety concerns or changes current understanding about the safety of other epilepsy medicines during pregnancy. Epilepsy medicines (also known as antiepileptic drugs and antiseizure medicines) are medicines that treat epilepsy. For around 2 in 3 people with epilepsy, their seizures are controlled with one or more epilepsy medicines.
- A regulatory-compliant company-sponsored study in pregnant rats reported an increased incidence of fetal malformations at human therapeutic doses (approximately 1.2 to 4 times the maximum human recommended dose).
- It has also been reported in the published scientific literature that phenytoin can induce neurodegeneration in neonatal rodent brains following early postnatal exposure at plasma concentrations of phenytoin relevant to human therapeutic concentrations.
- Non-clinical studies also suggest that neurobehavioural effects can occur following dosing of juvenile rats at doses relevant to human therapeutic doses, however, reversibility has been observed upon discontinuation of dosing.
- We can, in fact, learn to stay calm in volatile or distressing circumstances in which case we retain full ability to use the complete range of logical or intuitive power.
To date there are no non-clinical studies reporting a developmental neurotoxic effect. Overall, the data are supportive of a median prevalence of congenital malformations with topiramate of 4–5% and an increased risk compared with unexposed women with or without epilepsy. Overall, the data from clinical studies are suggestive of a possible adverse effect of pre-and postnatal phenobarbital exposure on neurodevelopment and IQ. Whilst some studies suggest the detrimental effects may weaken over time (Farwell 1990, Sulzbacher 1999, Thorp 1999 and 2003), in other instances they seemed to last into adulthood (Reinisch et al 1995). Clinical data on the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders with oxcarbazepine is primarily driven by data from retrospective studies using Danish national registries (Bech et al 2018, Christensen et al 2013 and 2019) and the meta-analysis by Veroniki et al 2017b. Similar to the findings for teratogenic effects, the limited picture caused by the dosing restrictions mean that caution is required with regards to the interpretation of these data.
If the person has a developmental disorder, or is simply having a cerebrumiq difficult time, or has other conditions that could explain the difficulties, then they may not meet the criteria for ADHD.What about CVI? This does not mean that everyone with ADHD has CVI, but some will, and we think it is worth checking. Many of the suggestions for CVI, like reducing crowding and complexity, slowing things down, building memories and ensuring emotional and physical wellbeing, will help a person with ADHD behaviours caused by CVI. If the behaviours are not caused by CVI, the suggestions certainly won’t harm, and could still help.
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