Antiepileptic drugs and depression during pregnancy in women with epilepsy.

Frank J E VajdaTerence J O'BrienJanet E GrahamAlison A HitchcockJosephine MitchellDavid HorganCecilie M LanderMervyn J Eadie

Published in: Acta neurologica Scandinavica (2020)

Carbamazepine and topiramate both have established potentials for causing teratogenesis, and it is possible that replacement of carbamazepine with a less teratogenic AED, for example levetiracetam, might result in any subsequent depression that occurs in pregnancy being inappropriately attributed to the newly introduced agent.

Keyphrases

depressive symptoms
sleep quality
preterm birth
pregnancy outcomes
drug induced