Medical treatment during pregnancy

Question 1

What is epilepsy and what does it cause?

Answer 1

Brain abnormality and causes seizures

Question 2

What are the drugs in treatment to epilepsy?

Answer 2

Prescribed drugs affect targets in the brain

Different drugs for different seizures

Question 3

Things to consider for every drug during pregnancy

Answer 3

Drug physico-chemical properties
Drug mechanism of action
Drug site of action
Does the drug cross the placenta barrier

Question 4

Things to consider with drugs on pregnancy and potential affects of foetus

Answer 4

Moral dilemma
Changed prescribed drug
Better drug
Patients response to drug-different in pregnancy e.g. hormonal change
Knowledge of drug on the effect of foetus e.g. published study