Evaluation the effect of neurological and psychiatric medications during pregnancy for both mother and fetus
PENG Chao
YANG Hui-xia
Abstract：The epileptic women before or during pregnant should choose antiepileptic drug carefully. During the treatment with antiepileptic drug, the monotherapy should be given so far as possible, dosage should be keep to the minimum necessary to control fits, the serum concentration should be monitored, and prenatal care should be performed in order to reduce or avoid the occurrence of fetal malformations. The use of psychiatric medications is a cause of coneern for physicians and their patients. With the limited information available on the risks of the psychotropic medications, clinical management must ineorporate an appraisal of the elinieal consequences of offspring exposure, the potential effect of untreated maternal psychiatric illness, and the available alternative therapies.
Keywords：pregnancynervous system diseasespsyehofie disordersVitKantiepileptie drugsantipsychotic drugs
Publication Date：2009-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 587-589 )