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Will Taking Carbamazampin Be Safe During Pregnancy?

Female, Age 30, 5ft +++, 70, currently pregnant 14 weeks....... Need Doctor advise, 1) I got epilepsy during pregnancy only, why its happened to me? 2) Currently, taking carbamazampin medicine 200mg? Is it safe for my baby? 3) Recently, 5 episods of epilepsy. 4) Previous history, baby miscarriage due to epilepsy for 8 episods in same day which caused baby dead inside due to lack of oxsigen for baby. How to cure and safe both mother and baby? Im very much wooried? Need your advise Doctor.......... Tq
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Any anti-epileptic therapy is not considered safe in pregnancy. There are risks of neural tube defects, cardiovascular and urinary anomalies and inappropriate cognitive skills later in life. The use of the medication is judged by the need as compared to the risk of exposure to the baby. In your case, since you have had the pregnancy loss accountable to epilepsy, anti-epileptic treatment is the only available option to sustain the pregnancy and to avert the epileptic attacks. Please select a hospital where you can get advanced neonatal and prenatal care and if possible admission for observation. Wish you good health.
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Will Taking Carbamazampin Be Safe During Pregnancy?

Hello, Any anti-epileptic therapy is not considered safe in pregnancy. There are risks of neural tube defects, cardiovascular and urinary anomalies and inappropriate cognitive skills later in life. The use of the medication is judged by the need as compared to the risk of exposure to the baby. In your case, since you have had the pregnancy loss accountable to epilepsy, anti-epileptic treatment is the only available option to sustain the pregnancy and to avert the epileptic attacks. Please select a hospital where you can get advanced neonatal and prenatal care and if possible admission for observation. Wish you good health.