Depakote (generic "Divalproex sodium") is an anticonvulsant medication, people take when they have leg cramps, migraine and bipolar disorder. Unfortunately, this once-promising drug to serious side effects including liver failure and pancreatitis and severe birth defects including spina bifida was connected.

We have received calls from patients the Depakote has long ago, because the side effects of the drug not to appear, sometimes long after the drug has been taken. Abbott Laboratories, which manufactures Depakote, is now facing a growing number of complaints relating to these serious side effects.

In the June 2010 a study in the New England of Medicine published journal that found that mothers who took valproic acid (Depakote) during their first trimester of pregnancy have 12.7 times more common newborns with spina bifida, 2.5 times more often a cleft palate and almost 7 times more common craniosynostosis were 5 times more often a heart defect, is the premature fusion of skull during fetal development, growth limited the skull and brain.

Depakote complaints can be complicated by the fact that the negative side effects of the drug not to can show long after a patient was treated with the drug. Are there legal time periods or statutes of limitations that must be met.  If applicable time, your right to recover for always lost to you is not a claim within the time limit. Often drug claims as Depakote still can be submitted complaints injuries, because execution of occur the injury not out when the medication was taken, begins the period of limitation. However, it is important that you have a experienced Depakote side effect lawyer contact immediately, since problems relating to the Statute of limitations can be complicated, especially in drug with delayed side effects cases. Montlick and Associates, we those dangerous drugs in very Georgia injured represented by lawyers.

The American Academy of Neurology has pointed out that pregnant women Depakote should be avoided. Still Depakote that second - the most popular epilepsy medicines. The organization is recommended because many pregnancies are unplanned, every woman of childbearing age with regard to the risks and effects which should be discussed under Depakote during pregnancy. Some of the most serious pregnancy-related side effects of Depakote are spina bifida, deformation of the spine and neural tube defects.

If you have experienced nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, hallucinations, fever, rashes, bruising, internal bleeding, gland swelling or hear damage, you should consult then immediately with a doctor. If you or someone you love has depakote and serious side effects including impaired liver function, pancreatitis or severe birth defects during pregnancy suffered has, offers Montlick and associates a free case review. We will advise you of your rights to compensation of Abbott Laboratories, the maker of Depakote. Lawyers are using our experienced dangerous drug best receive the compensation you deserve.

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