United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 89820
Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate
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14 September 2020
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23 September 2020 · Answer
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23 September 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of babies harmed by valproate in pregnancy following the failure of the pregnancy prevention program for women prescribed sodium valproate.
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14 September 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of babies harmed by valproate in pregnancy following the failure of the pregnancy prevention program for women prescribed sodium valproate.
Source: Commons
23 September 2020
Answer
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is working with stakeholders to restrict the use of valproate in women of childbearing potential to those for whom other medicines are ineffective or not tolerated; to provide information to s...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-14/89820
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1233983
- uk · wq-1233983 · source updated 23 September 2020