SAINT-DENIS, France — France's national agency for health and product safety, L'Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM), and the national insurance fund for employed ...

Valproic acid, also known as Depakote, may boost the chance of certain defects. June 10, 2010— -- Using the antiseizure medication valproic acid (Depakote) in the first trimester of pregnancy ...

Prenatal exposure to safer antiseizure medications (ASMs) increased and valproate use decreased, but the use of newer medications with uncertain risks surged. Between 2013 and 2021, prenatal exposures ...

In a recent study published in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers from the United States of America investigated the antiviral effects of valproic acid (VPA), alone and in combination with ...

Valproic acid (VPA), formally 2-propylpentanoic acid, is a low–molecular weight branched-chain fatty acid. It is a derivative of valeric (pentanoic) acid1, which occurs naturally in valerian ...

Brachial plexus root avulsion is the most serious type of peripheral nerve injury. Valproic acid has been shown to exert neuroprotective effects and promote neurite outgrowth in several peripheral ...