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Mum with kids impacted by sodium valporate

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@Anitafacs
Anita
6 days
'Fruitless anxiety' seriously? A child born with lifelong disabilities is better than disclosing epilim side effects! Enough to give mum endless lifelong anxiety
@oacsireland
OACS IRELAND
6 days
#Epilim #Valproate #viral old news article #birthdefects #inquiry @roinnslainte children & adults continue to suffer long-term health and developmental consequences due to their mothers' use of the drug while pregnant.
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Anita
1 month
Looking forward to the next meeting
@oacsireland
OACS IRELAND
1 month
#Inquiry @CHI_Ireland #genetics @HSELive @OireachtasNews #Epilim Jo Campion Unites Mothers Affected by Sodium #Valproate - OACS Ireland
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Anita
2 months
*It took 5 years for inquiry to move from promise to reality'
@oacsireland
OACS IRELAND
2 months
@scolionetwork @SBH_PAG @UnaKeightley @CarrollJennifer @SimonHarrisTD Although parents of children with #scoliosis and #spinabifida have welcomed the statutory inquiry, the stuttering progress of the #valproate #inquiry should sound a cautionary note.
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@oacsireland
OACS IRELAND
3 months
@BernardGloster @CcoHse @CHI_Ireland @roinnslainte A significant & alarming discrepancy exists between the thousands of babies exposed to #valproate between 1975 & 2015 & the remarkably low number of Fetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder (#FVSD) diagnoses identified since 2019.
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@IT_HealthPlus
Irish Times Health+
5 months
Why is there an inquiry into the use of epilepsy drug sodium valproate?
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irishtimes.com
Inquiry relates to historical licensing and use of drug for women of childbearing age
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Anita
5 months
In Ireland, sodium valporate is called epilim, the tablets and box are purple - that would be confusing to some
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Anita
6 months
Great interview Karen, this could have been prevented! so sorry this happened to you! I wish I knew better back then that epilim can harm my kids.
@IrelandAMVMTV
Ireland AM
6 months
"When he said Epilim… my whole world fell apart." Mother and activist Karen Keely shares the devastating moment she discovered the truth about her epilepsy medication and its lifelong impact on her three sons #IrelandAM
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@conwaywalsh
Rose Conway-Walsh
6 months
When the full truth is known about the avoidable harm done to babies in the Valporate Scandal people will be shocked at how much families who have been impacted have endured.
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@thejournal_ie
TheJournal.ie
6 months
The non-statutory inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate will have three strands, with statements from those affected by the drug expected to be taken from September.  https://t.co/bC9ERsVUt7
thejournal.ie
The inquiry will have three strands and invite those impacted by sodium valproate to give oral statements from September.
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@roinnslainte
Department of Health
6 months
The inquiry will examine the historical and current context of sodium valproate use through three distinct strands. https://t.co/mZ7h5oH2FM
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@IMT_latest
Irish Medical Times
6 months
More than one year after its chair was appointed, and two years since the Government said it would take place, the Minister for Health has today announced the commencement of an inquiry into the use of Sodium Valproate in women of childbearing potential.
imt.ie
The Government's intention to run a non-statutory review of the epilepsy drug was first announced in July 2023
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