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Pregnant women should discuss prescription meds with their doctors
If you are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant, check your medications, says March of Dimes’ deputy medical director Diane M. Ashton, MD, in a recent article in The Safety Report. Some prescription drugs can cause a host of problems
Drug companies should not hide risk for birth defects
When pharmaceutical companies receive reports that suggest a medication may cause birth defects, they should immediately inform the public. However, too often companies are swayed by rising profits and the fear of bad press and may withhold or cover up
Mother weighs risks of Zoloft during pregnancy
Weighing the risks and benefits of using antidepressants during pregnancy is a tough decision. For Taylor Harris, a freelance writer, she knew since she started on Paxil as a young college graduate that she would have to wean off the
Women should use caution with SSRI use during pregnancy
Pregnant women carry a huge responsibility. Everything thing they do or ingest could potentially affect their unborn child. But when the mother is experiencing health problems that can be treated by medication, she has only to go by the advice
New recommendations for whooping cough vaccine
New guidelines have been released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) regarding the use of the whooping cough vaccine. The revised recommendations are the result of a re-emergence of the disease.
Study links SSRIs to preterm delivery and birth complications
Pregnant women who take certain types of antidepressants are at greater risk for preterm delivery or other birth complications, according to a study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The findings add more fuel to the argument
Women question safety of antidepressants while pregnant
“Has anyone had a healthy baby who took antidepressants while pregnant?” It was the question posed recently on BabyCenter.com, a website resource for expectant mothers, new mothers, and women hoping to become pregnant in the near future. The question sparked
Millions awarded to women in Paxil, birth defects lawsuits
GlaxoSmithKline has awarded millions of dollars in compensation to women who took the antidepressant Paxil (paroxetine) while pregnant and delivered babies with serious birth defects.
Yaz lawsuits leave women looking for safer birth control options
News of lawsuits filed by women (or the surviving relatives for those who are deceased) who suffered blood clots, strokes, heart attacks, gallbladder damage, and sudden death, after taking the popular birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin, might leave some
Most pregnant women taking medication despite possible risks
Eighty percent of pregnant women in America use at least one prescription or over-the-counter medication even though the safety of those drugs on fetuses is not always guaranteed, according to data from two long-running studies. Half of pregnant women said
