When you are prescribed medication by a doctor, you trust that it is safe. Unfortunately, some prescription drugs have dangerous side effects for pregnant women. When a pharmaceutical company or physician fails to warn a patient about the risks involved in taking a drug, the results can be devastating.
Depakote is a medication used to prevent seizures and to treat mania in people with bipolar disorder. While useful for most people, ingesting this drug during pregnancy can have damaging effects on an unborn child.
If you took Depakote while pregnant and your baby suffered complications, such as spina bifida, head, brain or limb deformities, or another debilitating condition, speak to an attorney about your options.
Contact our lawyers at Weinstein Law for assistance. We are knowledgeable in the area of product liability and dangerous pharmaceutical drugs, and we are experienced in helping clients obtain the compensation to which they are entitled.
Depakote and Birth Defects
We are currently accepting cases where the mother ingested Depakote while pregnant and her child, currently age 17 or younger,* suffered a birth defect such as:
- Spina bifida
- Head and brain malformation
- Arm or leg deformity
- Missing arm, leg, fingers or toes
- Extra fingers or toes
- Deformed head nor face
- Cleft palate
- Heart problems
- Mental disability
- Low IQ
- Autism
- Cephalic disorder
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*We are not accepting cases where the child or mother is a resident of Florida and the child was born before 2008.
