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Sort by relevance 373 pages found matching paxil- SSRI Birth Defects – Ignorance Is Bliss – Really?
May-27-09 Overbrook, KA Suzy (not her real name pending legal action) was taking SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) antidepressants, namely Paxil and Lexapro, on and off during both of her pregnancies. She now has 2 sons, both with heart defects that may be SSRI birth defects . Her eldest son, who is nearly 5, was born with a number of heart defects,... - SSRI Birth Defects –The Heart of the Matter
May-19-09 Atlanta, GA: Meredith was taking Zoloft for nearly 3 years, and in the third year she became pregnant. Her doctor told her she should be fine to stay on the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) during her pregnancy, but to reduce the dose during the last part of her pregnancy. Her daughter was born with heart defects, and Meredith wonders if there'... - SSRI Birth Defects: Message On A Bottle
Apr-25-09 Huntington Beach, CA Despite the warnings about the use of SSRI antidepressants during pregnancy, the message doesn't appear to be getting out. Women continue to come forward with devastating accounts of what they believe to be SSRI birth defects . Cristine (not her real name), for example, had been taking SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor)... - Mothers Act Fuels Multibillion Dollar Industry - Part 3 of 3
Apr-14-09 PART ONE - PART TWO The prescribing of seven drugs, including two antipsychotics and five antidepressants, to treat OCD is a typical example of the profit-driven drugging that women snagged by the Mother's Act will face, but it's a far cry from the description Katherine wrote about regarding the comparatively minor treatment she received, when she st... - Mothers Act Fuels Multibillion Dollar Industry - Part 2 of 3
Apr-10-09 More Democrats than Republicans are supporting the Mother's Act. The increased campaign funding to Democrats may well explain this turn of events. For the last eight election cycles the pharmaceutical industry has contributed far more to Republicans than Democrats. In the 2006 cycle the percentage was 28% to Democrats and 70% to Republicans, according to the... - SSRI Birth Defects: "My Child is the Victim"
Apr-7-09 Paris, AK Catrenia is upset and angry. Her son was born with a heart condition that could have killed him, and will certainly affect him for the rest of his life. He has a hole in his heart that is very likely an SSRI birth defect that could have been prevented. Aside from the obvious reasons, Catrenia is angry because she was never given any inform... - SSRI Birth Defects – "I Had No Idea"
Mar-31-09 Alameda, CA Christy was taking an antidepressant when she became pregnant, and, like hundreds of women, didn't think anything of it at the time. In fact, it was only recently when she started doing some research that she began to wonder if her daughter's heart condition could be an SSRI birth defect . "My daughter was born about 5 weeks premature," Ch... - GSK Reaches Potential $28 Million Settlement over Defective Paxil Tablets
GlaxoSmithKline has reached a tenative $28 million settlement in a class action lawsuit over manufacturing defects in certain tablets of their best selling antidepressant Paxil. The suit alleged that Paxil "controlled release" (CR) tablets made between April 1, 2002 and March 4, 2005, contained a manufacturing defect that caused the tablets to... - Paxil Birth Defects – The Never-Ending Vigil
Mar-22-09 Springhill, FL Kristine's son was born without incident – a healthy baby boy. He is now 4 years old and was recently diagnosed with a condition that could kill him if his parent's aren't vigilant. It turns out he was born with this condition, and Kristine wonders if the Paxil she took while pregnant could have contributed – could it be a Paxil birth d... - Psychiatric Drugging of Children Intolerable-Betrayal of Innocence
Mar-8-09 Washington, DC The following is the third and final article in the series Psychiatric Drugging of Children . Part 2 explains how a -year-old girl named Rebecca Riley died of an overdose after being diagnosed with ADHD and bipolar disorder by Dr Kayoko Kifuji, at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston, and placed on a three-drug cocktail.... Reb... - SSRI Birth Defects: A Litany of Heartaches
Mar-7-09 Fairmount, IN As the controversy over Paxil birth defects and other anti-depressant related birth defects continues, so too does the heartache of parents whose children were born suffering from these defects. Parents like Jenny, Sheila, Angela, Theresa, and Jennifer, all of whom had children whose heart conditions are likely the result of selective serot... - Paxil Birth Defects: "I Wish I Hadn't Taken It"
Feb-24-09 Ft Worth, TX Kathryn's baby girl was born with a hole in her heart, a defect possibly due to her baby's exposure to the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant Paxil during pregnancy. Now, many years later, Kathryn feels guilty and frustrated because her daughter has many long-term health problems. "I was on Paxil during the whol... - FDA to Evaluate the Risk of SSRI Birth Defects
Feb-17-09 Sacramento, CA In early February the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would review a lengthy list of drugs for potential safety problems. Selective Serotonin Receptor Antagonist (SSRI) antidepressants are on that list. Specifically, the agency said they would be evaluating the risk of SSRI birth defects . SSRIs are widely used in t... - SSRI Birth Defects: Had I Known Then What I Know Now
Jan-29-09 Fresno, CA When Jodie found out she was pregnant she was taking the antidepressant Zoloft. One of the first things she did was ask her doctors if it was safe for her to continue taking the drug. They told her that the benefits outweigh the risks. But her daughter was born prematurely, and with a permanent hole in her spine. Jodie wonders if that could be a... - Birth Defects and SSRIs –A Game of Russian Roulette
Jan-22-09 Fresno, CA The number of women who have given birth to babies suffering from respiratory problems, persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN), heart defects, seizures, SSRI withdrawal symptoms, and other possibly SSRI related birth defects is not known. However, the effect is measurable and devastating for moms and babies alike. Many women were told by... - SSRI Birth Defects" The Only High Risk Factor I had Was Being on Effexor"
Jan-15-09 Winnipeg, SK Pam was told by both her family doctor and her obstetrician that the antidepressant she was taking, namely effexor , was safe for her to continue taking through her pregnancy. But within hours of her son being born, he had been admitted to the natal intensive care unit, suffering from seizures and breathing difficulties. "My son had a sm... - SSRI Pushers under Fire: Part 2: America's Most Wanted
Jan-12-09 Washington, DC Most doctors who attended conferences, medical seminars and other events throughout the 1990s were not aware that the so-called "key opinion leaders" encouraging them to prescribe the new generation of antidepressants for everything under the sun, including to children as young as infants, were nothing more than highly paid drug pushers fo... - The Fine Line Between Birth Defects and Antidepressants
Jan-12-09 Atlanta, GA Various antidepressant drugs, such as Prozac, have been linked to an increase in SSRI birth defects in children. Experts agree that the issue of antidepressants and pregnancy is not an easy one to sort out. While there could be risk to the fetus by continuing to take an antidepressant, stopping a necessary antidepressant during pregnancy coul... - SSRI Pushers under Fire
Jan-6-09 Washington, DC Throughout the 1990's, most doctors who attended conferences, medical seminars and other events were not aware that the so-called "key opinion leaders" encouraging them to prescribe the new generation of antidepressants for everything under the sun, including to children as young as infants, were nothing more than highly paid drug pushers... - Paxil Birth Defects – What are the Odds?
Dec-30-08 Elkton, VA While birth defects related to antidepressant use during pregnancy may be just a second hand bad news story for many people, they are all too real for hundreds, if not thousands of women across the US who know firsthand about the implications of selective serotonin uptake receptors or SSRI birth defects . Ellen and April are 2 such women. E...