FDA Urges Warning Updates to Include Pregnancy for Topamax
Topamax, also known by its generic name Topiramate, is a drug that is mainly prescribed to help with seizures due to epilepsy and migraine headaches. Topamax gained approval for sale on the US Markets ins 1998, since then it has been a immensely popular drug. One of the main reasons why Topamax has become so popular is that it works by attempting to avoid the seizures and headaches before they happen rather than simply just relieving the pain the symptoms cause. Topamax was designed to do both of these tasks by keeping both the chemicals that excite the nervous system under control for migraines and not allowing the nerve cells in the brain to get excited for seizures.
Topamax, like many other prescription drugs, does have its own side effects, these side effects are predominate mainly with pregnant women. Topamax has been known to cause several types of birth defects to unborn children. The most common of which are cleft lips and palates, these are gaps due to the non-fusion of the upper region of the mouth in the unborn child. The steady increase of birth defects caused by Topamax has caused the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require the makers of the drug to revise warning labels to include possible effects on pregnant women. The Advisory, dated March 3, 2011, has already by complied to by the makers of Topamax.
Those who have been affected by the side effects of Topamax claim these warnings have come too late. The number of occurrences of cleft palate/lip birth defects has grown considerably recently. Also shown in these studies is that babies of mothers still in their first trimester of pregnancy are the most vulnerable to these side effects. Though these birth defects are treatable, the multiple surgeries required are both costly and painful to the child.
If you believe that your child was born with a cleft palate or lip due to your Topamax in take during pregnancy then you should get the compensation that you deserve. Though it may be difficult to gain this compensation a good Topamax Lawyer should give you the information and consultation you need to move forward.
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Topamax, like many other prescription drugs, does have its own side effects, these side effects are predominate mainly with pregnant women. Topamax has been known to cause several types of birth defects to unborn children. The most common of which are cleft lips and palates, these are gaps due to the non-fusion of the upper region of the mouth in the unborn child. The steady increase of birth defects caused by Topamax has caused the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require the makers of the drug to revise warning labels to include possible effects on pregnant women. The Advisory, dated March 3, 2011, has already by complied to by the makers of Topamax.
Those who have been affected by the side effects of Topamax claim these warnings have come too late. The number of occurrences of cleft palate/lip birth defects has grown considerably recently. Also shown in these studies is that babies of mothers still in their first trimester of pregnancy are the most vulnerable to these side effects. Though these birth defects are treatable, the multiple surgeries required are both costly and painful to the child.
If you believe that your child was born with a cleft palate or lip due to your Topamax in take during pregnancy then you should get the compensation that you deserve. Though it may be difficult to gain this compensation a good Topamax Lawyer should give you the information and consultation you need to move forward.
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