Depakote - Defective Drugs Lawyers & Attorneys

Depakote Injury: Warnings, Side effects, spina bifida birth defects

Depakote is a drug marketed by Abbot Laboratories as a long-term treatment of both the manic and depressive parts of rapidly-cycling bipolar disorder. Offlabel uses of Depakote include treating:

• Migraines
• Epilepsy
• The chronic pain associated with nervous system diseases (neuropathy)

The most serious side effects of Depakote involve birth defects. Many women that took it while they were pregnant discovered to their horror that their unborn children suffered terrible birth defects and pregnancy complications such as:

• Spina bifida
• Intrauterine growth retardation
• Skeletal defects
• Neural tube malformations
• Fetal death

Furthermore, other birth defects included:

• Cleft palate
• Hand structure malformations
• Undescended testes
• Hypospadias (a condition in little boys that results in the urethra opening in the wrong place)
• Pulmonary stenosis
• Hypoplastic right heart

Depakote is also dangerous to children after they are born. Recent studies have shown that Depakote can pass through breast milk into the body of a newborn, and their delicate bodies cannot cope with this defective drug.

Adults can suffer from the serious side effects of Depakote as well. There are serious problems associated taking Depakotem including:

• Loss of appetite
• Fever
• Vomiting
• Dark Urine

These could be signs of potential liver damage and need to be treated by a medical professional immediately.

If you or someone you love was affected by the side effects of Depakote then you need to consult our professional and dedicated defective drug lawyer immediately. You could be entitled to financial compensation for your pain and suffering, but if you hesitate the statute of limitations in your state could end your case before it even can begin. We are ready to help you. Contact us today.

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