The current leaflet provided with another brand of the drug, made by Wockhardt, clearly highlights risks to any unborn child includingspinabifida, congenital abnormalities and delayed development.
Researchers at Boston University found evidence that mothers who were overweight before they became pregnant are at greater risk of having a child with neural tube defects, includingspinabifida -- which can paralyze legs -- and anencephaly, which results in an underdeveloped brain.