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I suffer from occipital epilepsy. I am in the early weeks of pregnancy. I am taking Neurotop, during pregnancy I am to take 150 mg. Will it not hurt the baby? And what is it like with breastfeeding afterwards?
Pregnancy and epilepsy is always a compromise. Perhaps lamotrigine is a safer drug, but pregnancy can also be carried out on carbamazepine. The truth is that always reducing the dose of a drug increases the risk of a seizure and conversely increasing the dose increases the risk of foetotoxicity. The risk of developmental defects in the fetus is approx. 1-2%. The treatment seems to be optimal. The lactation period does not matter that much anymore.
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Tomasz W. RosochowiczA specialist neurologist - he works in the provinces of Kujawsko - Pomorskie and Mazowieckie. He is passionate about neuropathology and neuroimmunology. I accept privately in Warsaw and Toruń - signups for a mobile visit: 0501 108-204.
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