NI woman says she was not told of potential drug dangers after children develop learning disabilities
(WorldNews Health)

A Northern Ireland woman whose children developed serious learning disabilities, psychological problems and physical defects after she took an anti-epileptic drug during pregnancy has said she was never told about its potential harms. Susan Jamison was diagnosed with epilepsy as a teenager and prescribed sodium valproate - a drug which is now at the centre of a review into medicine safety. But Ms Jamison said she was not informed that the drug carried risks of birth abnormalities. As a result her children - Caroline, Anna and Joseph - were left with serious learning disabilities,...