Warning: Epilepsy Drug Harms Babies' IQ

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Pregnant women who take a widely prescribed epilepsy drug give birth to children with lower average IQs, according to a study conducted by researchers from Emory University School of Medicine and published in the New England Journal of Medicine .

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Jennifer Lindley

Bundanoon, Australia

I have Epilepsy and I ad two children I am on Tegretol CR and My Girls are very bright considering the amount of tegretol I was on towards the end of the pregnancey.I was on 600mg inthe morning 200mg at 2pm and 800mg at night.

Huhhuh

Weaverville, NC

Is it a statistical anomaly?

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