Another one bites the dust. Last week, the legal action involving 100 families seeking compensation on behalf of their children against a multinational drug came to a premature end. The families, ...

Epilim, the drug under scrutiny in a test case expected to be abandoned at the high court next week, remains an important drug in the treatment of epilepsy, migraines and bipolar disorder. In all, it ...

Mothers of children diagnosed with foetal valproate syndrome (FVS) are demanding a public inquiry into why they were not warned of the risks of taking an anti-epilepsy drug while pregnant. They cite ...

It was not until Karen Keely’s third son, Lorcan (now 18), was born, that she realised a pattern. “As soon as I looked at him I could see something wasn’t right. He looked just like Harry [her oldest ...

A MUM claims the epilepsy drug she relies on to control her seizures has left two of her kids battling autism. Janet Stockley-Pollard said she feels “incredible guilt” believing the medication, dubbed ...

Campaigners want the Welsh government to review the way the possible side effects of an anti-epilepsy drug are relayed to pregnant mothers. It comes after a recent study revealed a link between the ...

OACS Ireland co-founder Karen Keely and her sons Harry, Lorcan, and Lee, were among the families adversely affected by Epilim at the Department of Health yesterday for the announcement that Bríd ...

A move to drop legal action brought by families who blame an epilepsy drug for causing defects in their children was delayed today. Lawyers representing more than 150 families had announced that they ...

Loving mother Karen Buck knows every cuddle with her 14-year-old daughter Bridget could be the last. In a few weeks, the frail dark-haired teenager is expected to die and her family have signed an ...

Doctors have been aware of the risk associated with the anticonvulsant drug sodium valproate, known as Epilim, for decades Campaigners want the Welsh government to review the way the possible side ...