Mum had no idea her medication caused serious birth defects until it was too late
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA mum who was not told her epilepsy medication would cause serious birth defects says she cannot escape the guilt for ‘wrecking’ her son’s life despite it not being her fault.
Doctors only told Jade Wright about the dangers of the epilepsy drug Epilim after her son, Tyler, was born - by then it was too late.
Jade had been taking Epilim, a brand of the epilepsy drug sodium valproate, for almost 30 years after being diagnosed as a child.
Although the medication had been effective for her condition, the 34-year-old mum had no idea of its potentially horrific side-effects, LancsLive reports. READ MORE: Fire breaks out in city centre with people forced to evacuate READ MORE: Brianna Ghey's killers, a philosophy student who 'lost her temper' and 'Pink' the paedophile When she fell pregnant in 2005, Jade, from Burscough, was under the care of a consultant neurologist at the Walton Centre in Liverpool.
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