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Prozac, Paxil, Celexa, and Zoloft have recently been linked to dangerous birth defect lung disorder persistent pulmonary hypertension. Below are breaking news stories regarding SSRI drugs. If you have an SSRI legal question, concern or want to file a lawsuit, fill out this simple form for a free case evaluation within 1 business day.
Antidepressants during pregnancy may affect baby
August 25, 2006, Reuters UK
Babies born to women who took the newer type of antidepressants called
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs during pregnancy appear to be
at increased risk of having a low birth weight and to develop respiratory
distress, Canadian researchers report.
Lead investigator Dr. Tim F.
Oberlander told Reuters Health that "our study was undertaken to distinguish the
effects of maternal mental illness -- pregnancy-related depression -- from its
treatment -- SSRIs -- on neonatal outcomes."
Oberlander and colleagues at
the University of British Columbia, Vancouver examined population health data
for almost 120,000 live births between 1998 and 2001. Fourteen percent of
mothers were diagnosed with depression. The researchers compared the outcomes of
babies born to 1451 depressed mothers treated with SSRIs during pregnancy and of
those born to 14,234 depressed mothers who were not treated with
SSRIs.
There was a significantly greater incidence of respiratory
distress (13.9% vs. 7.8%) and longer hospital stays for infants born to
depressed mothers on SSRIs than those born to untreated depressed mothers, the
team reports in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
Birth weight and
gestational age were also significantly less in SSRI-exposed infants and a
significantly greater proportion was born before 37 weeks.
SOURCE: Archives of General Psychiatry, August 2006.
Cautions Issued on Use Of Psychiatric Drugs
February 9, 2006 (washingtonpost.com)
Rare but serious side effects have been linked to two groups of widely used psychiatric drugs, according to new reports yesterday.
Newborns whose mothers took antidepressants such as Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft in the last trimester of pregnancy had six times the risk of suffering oxygen deprivation after birth compared with newborns whose mothers had not taken the drugs, according to a study published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Antidepressants During Pregnancy
Feb. 9, 2006 (cbsnews.com)
Two new studies have linked the use of Prozac and other similar antidepressants during pregnancy to a higher risk of complications, such as serious respiratory disease, in newborns.
The research involved antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which include familiar names like Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft.
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