TY - JOUR T1 - Antiepileptic drugs in pregnancy and hemorrhagic disease of the newborn JF - Canadian Family Physician JO - Can Fam Physician SP - 1291 LP - 1292 VL - 56 IS - 12 AU - Aleksey Kazmin AU - Renee C. Wong AU - Mathew Sermer AU - Gideon Koren Y1 - 2010/12/01 UR - http://www.cfp.ca/content/56/12/1291.abstract N2 - QUESTION What is the current evidence regarding the association between hemorrhagic disease of the newborn and maternal use of hepatic enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (eg, carbamazepine, phenobarbitone, topiramate)? ANSWER Women with epilepsy who take enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs should be advised that there is no adequate evidence to support or refute taking vitamin K in late pregnancy to prevent bleeding complications in a newborn. ER -