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Paxil causing heart defects in newborn infants.

Submitted 2007-09-01

Defendant: Paxil Heart Birth Defects

I think the FDA needs to further research into this. I took paxil for a little over a year after the birth of my first child. I was not pregnant at the time. My second child born 2 years after that was born with a severe heart defect, worse than that it wasn't noticed until she was 4 years old. We switched pediatricians and they found it immediately. Had they not, we would have lost her. She had heart surgery in 2005 to correct the problem and it has been a long slow road to recovery, but we are grateful every moment of every day that we still have her. My concern is whether this drug lingers in the body & how much we truly know about this drug. This was financially devastating to our family to have the surgeries, not to mention the stress & hardship on our daughter. No parent or child should ever have to go through this and I think further investigation to prevent this needs to be done. I know this is a very commonly prescribed anti anxiety/depressant and my concern is that heart defects in children are growing in numbers. The coincidence has me concerned. I think we need to get the word out here and in other places and see if we can get something accomplished.

-- West Virginia

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