Lower IQs Linked To Epilepsy Medication

American Voices • Science & Technology • health • ISSUE 45•22 • May 26, 2009

Children of women who took the antiseizure drug valproate had lower IQs than those of women on other epilepsy medications. What do you think?

“As someone who lives above a day-care center, I would like to know how these researchers differentiate the low-IQ children from the rest."”
Wade Brookner –
Olive Brine Tester
“Who funded this study? Was it those crooks in the Dilantin camp? They never could stand valproate's success."”
Brooke Roberts –
Unemployed
“Ha! Pregnant women will eat anything, won't they?"”
Kyle Purnell –
Rubber Compounder

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