Depakote Spina Bifida Lawsuits & Lawyers

If you or a child you know is the victim of Depakote birth injury side effects such as Spina Bifida, you need to take action. You may be entitled to financial compensation from a class action lawsuit for your pain and suffering, but the statute of limitations in your state could end your chance for justice before it has a chance to begin. Let our Depakote lawyers and attorneys work for you today.

Depakote, or valproate semisodium or divalproex sodium, is a popular drug marketed by Abbott Laboratories to treat manic episodes of bipolar disorder. Furthermore, many doctors are prescribing it to prevent manic and depressive episodes for people with bipolar disorder, as well as to treat epilepsy, migraines, and the pain caused by diseases that affect the nervous system that fall under the heading of neuropathy.

Unfortunately, there are a number of serious side effects associated with Depakote. The Food and Drug Administration classified Depakote into pregnancy category D due to its likelihood of causing serious and potentially life-threatening fetal side effects. Women that are pregnant, likely to become pregnant, or are nursing should not take Depakote because it can cause a wide variety of dangerous conditions including:

Spina Bifida and Birth Defects:
The most dangerous side effects of Depakote involve damage to an unborn fetus. These side effects include

Cleft palate
Hypoplastic right heart ( a condition that results in an underdeveloped right side of the heart)
Undescended testes
Hand malformations
Dysplastic (abnormally developed) ribs
Hypospadia (a condition in male babies that causes the opening of the urethra to occur in the wrong place)
Spina Bifida (a condition that results in the spinal column failing to completely enclose the spinal cord.
Fetal death

Liver problems:
Depakote can also cause serious liver problems that need immediate medical treatment.

Dark urine
Loss of appetitive
Vomiting
Fever
Blood in the urine

Doctors discovered during a recent study 20.3% of women that took Depakote when they were pregnant gave birth to children that suffered from severe birth defects. Women that took higher doses of Depakote were even more likely of having children with birth defects; women that took high doses were more 24% more likely to have fetal trauma, while underdosed women only suffered 9.1% likelihood of birth defects.

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Sara Bushsays: 2011-08-11 17:20:39

I was on depakote 500 mg I found out I was pregnant and stoped taking it right away at the time I stoped I was 5 weeks pregnant. I have only been on the depakote maybe 4 months what are the chances of my child having problems and what are the problems that are possible my child could end up having

cammysays: 2011-04-20 18:25:03

hi my question is i was wondering if there is a lawsuit going on for depakote and pcos?

pradiasays: 2011-03-16 17:50:40

my son as he was a little one in my stomach and me knowing i was taking paxil so i nevered seen a problem til he grew about 6 years old and when he used to do things he wasnt supposed to id sitt and explain to him what he did wrong and he gets up and repeatedly banged his head on my walls and til this day he had trouble he screams,yells,bites,throw objects across classrooms,climbs on old peoples backs.now my son has to go to a special school with only 67 kids in the school im a concerned parent and i have 5 kids and im just finding out the medicines i took before i gave birth could be why my kids are like they are today if anyone who read this can help me get more infromation thank you

Gina Statonsays: 2011-03-13 22:18:02

I was on Depakote 250mg twice a day for almost a year when I was 17. I am now 20 with a 10 month old son who has missing brain matter and serious developemental delays, especially in motor skills. Could Depakote have affected my woman parts or manipulated my eggs (future children)? Do I need to worry about ever having other children?

ginasays: 2011-01-29 18:28:18

im on depacote and lamictal and want to get pregnant so what should i do. im 31 and been on this stuff since i was like 16.

brittanysays: 2010-08-17 21:03:30

i started taking depakote when i was 16 and i became pregnant when i was 17 and i didnt get off of it untel i was 11 weeks along, but my dr told me it wasnt a biggy and not to worry, well my son was born with hypospadia and hemangioma, i was wondering if there was anything i can do now. my son is now a year and i dont have insurance.

gina oliversays: 2010-08-06 18:46:18

My daughter took depakote during her pregnancy and my grandson has undescended testes. Healso suffers from croup quite a bit. She has no insurance and I am wondering about these problems. She took the medicine for a seizure disorder and I am worried about them.

Daniellesays: 2010-05-10 23:20:52

I was on depakote for several months while also on celexa, wellbutrin and risperidol I was on 2 of those meds from the 7th grade til I turned 18. My daughter is almost 3 and I am 28 how long does it take for the drug to get out of your system completely and am i understanding correctly it can mutate an egg even tho women are born with all the eggs we will ever need? My daughter has delayed speech and I was worried about the possibility of it being from the meds I know were more than a child should be taking.

brandy farrissays: 2010-05-03 14:31:15

if the father takes depakote when the mother gets pregnat can there still be side effects?

Susansays: 2010-02-03 22:26:49

I started taking Depakote when I was 17 years old. I continued to take it at 500mg am 500mg pm for another 6 years. I have developed health problems over the years including pituitary tumors, small mass on my spleen and pcos syndrome. Just to name a few. Recently my calcium levels keep dropping, and I can literally put a 1/4 inch of my fingernail into some on my teeth in the back and my teeth are chipping. I have been going to the doctors several times a week sometimes for this due to my health problems i have. I have had to quit jobs because one my health issues are so bad now and two the doctors appointments are so frequent and the normal general doctor has been sending on to specialist to figure out what else is going on. I have gained weight to the point of severe obesity which was caused from the medicine i was on in the past that had side effect of weight gain. I have seen that their is class action lawsuit againts depakote. I would like more information. Thank You

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