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Mum with kids impacted by sodium valporate
Joined June 2020
'Fruitless anxiety' seriously? A child born with lifelong disabilities is better than disclosing epilim side effects! Enough to give mum endless lifelong anxiety
#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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Looking forward to the next meeting
#Inquiry @CHI_Ireland #genetics @HSELive @OireachtasNews #Epilim Jo Campion Unites Mothers Affected by Sodium #Valproate - OACS Ireland
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*It took 5 years for inquiry to move from promise to reality'
@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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@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.
irishexaminer.com
Although parents of children with scoliosis and spina bifida have welcomed the statutory inquiry, the stuttering progress of the valproate inquiry should sound a cautionary note
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#epilim #viralpost #Oireachtas #highlights2025 #neverforget Jo Campion - Senior Clinical Psychologist to support and assist #families partaking in the Sodium #Valproate #Inquiry. See more ⬇️- OACS Ireland
oacsireland.com
The Chair of the Sodium Valproate Inquiry has appointed Jo Campion – Senior Clinical Psychologist to support and assist families partaking in the Inquiry. The upcoming meeting will commence with a...
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@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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#valproate #Epilim
#Depakine: 'A crucial step,' a court ruling says the drug was an 'extrinsically defective product' https://t.co/gS3BtMA2JA
sudouest.fr
Neuf ans après le début de son combat, Nathalie Orti, habitante des Landes, vient d’obtenir une première victoire judiciaire. Le tribunal de Nanterre a reconnu, le 25 septembre, un lien de causalité...
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Idiopathic #Parkinson’s Disease Unmasked by #Valproate-Induced Parkinsonism in a Patient With #Vestibular #Migraine
https://t.co/laR3ncbiqQ
cureus.com
We report a case of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD) in a patient with vestibular migraine (VM), initially suspected to have valproate-induced Parkinsonism. Valproate was started at 200 mg/da...
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Why is there an inquiry into the use of epilepsy drug sodium valproate?
irishtimes.com
Inquiry relates to historical licensing and use of drug for women of childbearing age
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In Ireland, sodium valporate is called epilim, the tablets and box are purple - that would be confusing to some
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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.
"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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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.
BBC News - Mums demand answers over drug that harmed babies #Valproate #firstdonoharm #Redress #viral #labourparty @wesstreeting @oacsireland @ShaunLintern @IMMDSReview @ValproateUK @facsaware
https://t.co/5h17ktd7op
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#Epilim (Sodium #Valproate) #viralscandal ‘It was meant to help my #epilepsy but it destroyed my family’ – parents hope long-awaited #inquiry will finally provide answers https://t.co/BgNaCPmwUG
m.independent.ie
Families affected by an anti-epilepsy drug that can cause serious birth defects when used during pregnancy have said they hope a long-awaited inquiry will ...
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#epilepsy #bipolar #mentalhealth #pain #pregnancy #FVSD #Ireland The Irish #Inquiry into the Historical use of Sodium #Valproate (#Epilim) is live !
oacsireland.com
We are pleased to finally announce, that the Irish inquiry into the Historical use of Sodium Valproate (Epilim) is now ready to formally commence. Significant progress has been made in recent days...
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Inquiry opens on sodium valproate following two-year wait https://t.co/FhZW8k8QLS
@oacsireland @TheHPRA @roinnslainte
#FACS #FVSD #sodiumvalproateinquiry
medicalindependent.ie
The Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has today welcomed the commencement of the non-statutory inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in women of childbearing...
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Sodium #Valproate #Epilim inquiry #FVSD #viral Used for #bipolar #pain #mentalhealth & other conditions 'We're going to get answers' Mum delighted as #inquiry into anti-#epilepsy drug finally starts https://t.co/P1E3v2f3jo
evoke.ie
A mother-of-three, whose children have been significantly affected by exposure to Epilim, has said she can hardly express how happy she is that the inquiry
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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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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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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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