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Paxil and Birth DefectsThe FDA reviewed two studies which found that women who took Paxil in the first three months of pregnancy were 1-1/2 to two times more likely to give birth to a child with a heart defect than women who took other antidepressants or pregnant women overall.
Paxil Birth Defects LawyersIf your baby was born with heart defects, and the mother took Paxil while pregnant, a lawyer may be able to help you. Please click the link below to send your Paxil birth defects complaint to an attorney who will evaluate your claim for free.Posted on Nov-14-06 Updated on May-2-08
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Alena Valerio was born at 35 weeks and weighed around six pounds. Her mother was on Paxil throughout her pregnancy. When she was born the doctors detected a heart murmur that did not go away during her first month. So Alena was sent to a pediatric cardiologist who diagnosed her with pulmonary stenosis - a narrowing of the pulmonary valve. [
When Rhonda Aldrich found out she was pregnant, she told her doctor she was taking Paxil and asked if there were any concerns about the drug. She notes her doctor said, "There is nothing on the label stating that Paxil will harm the baby." So Aldrich continued taking Paxil. [
When Tammy Smithey learned she was pregnant in the fall of 2004, she called her ob-gyn to ensure that Paxil was safe for her to continue taking. Smithey had been on Paxil for a few years, but was concerned that it might have negative effects on her baby. Her ob-gyn told her that Paxil was okay to take while pregnant. [
"He started turning blue," Edgington says. "The doctor said he was blue as a smurf." The more Manie cried the more blue he turned and the doctor had no idea what was wrong with him. A specialist was called in but even he did not know what was wrong. So Manie was airlifted to a different hospital. [
"Every time I saw my Ob/Gyn during my pregnancy, I asked if it was safe to be taking Paxil, and every time he said there were absolutely no risks," says Tanya Barnes. But Tanya doesn't blame the doctor -- he was also kept in the dark about Paxil. "Paxil didn't mention anything about possible birth defects." [
Shae was prescribed Paxil at the beginning of 2000 for anxiety. She was also taking the birth control pill at the time, so her pregnancy came as quite a surprise. But she stopped taking the drug as soon as she found out. "My doctor told me I was carrying twins but test results only showed one heartbeat," says Shae. "He said the other baby was still there and everything was okay." That couldn't have been further from the truth. [
"My wife took Paxil before and during her pregnancy and everything was fine," says Trever Hargitt. "This was going to be our third so we knew what to expect -- or thought we did..." Keagan Hargitt lived only three short weeks due to heart and lung failure. "Now we will never know what our son could have grown up to be." [
"I first started taking Paxil when I was in high school," says Bonnie (not her real name pending a lawsuit). Then I quit taking it when I got pregnant with my oldest child - I have four kids. But by the time I was pregnant with Keagan, my life had become difficult and I was very depressed; my husband's job meant that we had to move far away from family and friends and I started taking Paxil again. [
MAY-13-07: Paxil, a drug marketed as a way to treat depression, may have caused a lot of suffering for families after fetuses exposed to the drug were born with birth defects. Women took Paxil while pregnant, believing professionals who told them that Paxil was perfectly safe. [
MAY-11-07: Over the past few years, LawyersandSet- tlements.com has interviewed dozens of women who took Paxil during their pregnancy and whose babies were born with birth defects. During these interviews, many women told us that their children -- usually about age three and upwards -- were also diagnosed with autism. [© 2001-2008 Online Legal Marketing Ltd. All rights reserved.
