There was study recently published in the January 8th issue of the medical journal Neurology; it determined that there were substantial differences in the offspring of mothers who used Keppra during pregnancy and those who were on Depakote. As we all know Depakote is class D med that should not be used during pregnancy because it has been known to cause irreparable mental delay in the fetus. Long term studies on Keppra's effect to fetus' growth has only recently been able to be done as Keppra became more and more prescribed. The study followed over 100 offspring of Keppra and Depakote users for 3-4 years and found that there was a distinct difference in cognitive development and affect of the Depakote children to the Keppra group. It found that while Keppra kids were on par with the other children in their age group the Depakote children were far behind in movement and language. This is great news for the ladies out there who want families and have been told to either go off meds or not have children; as Keppra seems to be pretty safe in this regard!
If you would like to read a little more into it the article is
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_143935.html
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