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A diagnosis is made clinically based upon identification of characteristic symptoms in an affected infant in conjunction with a history of phenytoin exposure during gestation. It is important to note that the majority of infants born to women who take phenytoin during pregnancy will not develop fetal hydantoin syndrome. [5]
Phenytoin (PHT), sold under the brand name Dilantin among others, [1] is an anti-seizure medication. [3] It is useful for the prevention of tonic-clonic seizures (also known as grand mal seizures) and focal seizures, but not absence seizures. [3] The intravenous form, fosphenytoin, is used for status epilepticus that does not improve with ...
Symptoms of toxicity include dizziness, vomiting, and blurry/double vision. The postpartum tapering plan may involve maintaining a slightly higher ASM dose than pre-pregnancy levels. The higher dose can protect the patient from the effects of sleep deprivation and added stressors during the postpartum period.
Enoxaparin is listed as Pregnancy Category B, meaning animal studies have failed to show harmful effects to the fetus and therefore are safe to use in pregnant women. [ 37 ] [ 39 ] However, pregnant women taking LMWH may not experience the full anticoagulant effect due to the nature of the medication compared to other anticoagulants (i.e ...
During pregnancy, the metabolism of many anticonvulsants is affected. There may be an increase in the clearance and resultant decrease in the blood concentration of lamotrigine, phenytoin, and to a lesser extent carbamazepine, and possibly decreases the level of levetiracetam and the active oxcarbazepine metabolite, the monohydroxy derivative. [94]
Metformin is just as safe to use during pregnancy to treat type 2 diabetes as insulin, according to new research presented at the Endocrine Society’s ENDO 24 annual meeting this weekend.
Acetaminophen has long been considered safe to help reduce fever and relieve pain while pregnant. Here's what experts say about new claims. ... Acetaminophen has long been considered safe to help ...
Eclampsia is a disorder of pregnancy characterized by seizures in the setting of pre-eclampsia. [17] Most women have premonitory signs/symptoms in the hours before the initial seizure. Typically the woman develops hypertension before the onset of a convulsion (seizure). [18] Other signs and symptoms include: [19]