Pregnancy: Epilepsy

(asked on 5th May 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support he is providing for research into epilepsy medication for pregnant women.


Answered by
George Freeman Portrait
George Freeman
This question was answered on 11th May 2016

The Department’s National Institute for Health Research is funding a £1.5 million evaluation of the effectiveness, cost effectiveness and acceptability of dose adjustment strategies in antiepileptic drug management in pregnancy. The report of the evaluation is expected to be published in February 2017.

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