Wednesday, March 5, 2008

How epilepsy medication during pregnancy

Most of antiepileptic drugs is through the placenta barrier. Therefore, Logically, in patients with epilepsy during pregnancy it is best not to use anti-epileptic drugs. But because a significant part in the patients with epilepsy seizure frequency during pregnancy increased seizures serious degree than usual, even if it is already a longer time to stop the attack patients during pregnancy may also attack occurred, there are very few patients in pregnancy period attack highly concentrated, leading to status epilepticus. The above-mentioned situation, the only solution is medication. It is necessary to control seizures, and strive to achieve eugenics, but also to minimize the side effects of antiepileptic drugs on fetal effects. The solution, the general principle is, the doctors, better control of seizures, early pregnancy does not affect pregnancy in the attack patients, the best out of antiepileptic drugs, non-drug must be to minimize the dose, dose control at the lowest effective dose. Attention drug choices, we must choose the least side effects, no significant teratogenic effects of drugs. Generally speaking, the use of antiepileptic medicine during pregnancy on maternal and fetal greater factor of safety more.

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