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Should women of childbearing potential be prescribed valproate? a call to action
1Department of Psychiatry, Tolan Park Bldg, 3rd Fl, 3901 Chrysler Service Dr, Detroit, MI 48201 rbalon@wayne.edu.
Prescribing medications during pregnancy can be complicated by a serious negative outcome-harm to the fetus. Probably the 2 best-known examples of medications that can cause severe teratogenicity are thalidomide and isotretinoin. Thalidomide, used for anxiety, insomnia, and tension, was associated with phocomelia (malformation of limbs that many children did not survive).
Prescribing medications during pregnancy can be complicated by a serious negative outcome-harm to the fetus. Probably the 2 best-known examples of medications that can cause severe teratogenicity are thalidomide and isotretinoin. Thalidomide, used for anxiety, insomnia, and tension, was associated with phocomelia (malformation of limbs that many children did not survive).