Naples FL (PRWEB) 22 October 2011

Gilman Law LLP, a national law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of persons injured by defective drugs and medical devices, the investigation of cases on behalf of families whose children may be suffered birth defects because their mothers use of SSRI antidepressants during pregnancy. Antidepressants currently being investigated include Effexor, Lexapro, Paxil, Prozac, Wellbutrin, Zoloft and Zyban. If your child was born with a birth defect, which are related to an SSRI antidepressant, Gilman Law is here to help. Free case evaluations are Gilmanlawllp.com available, or call toll free at 1-888-252-0048.

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued several drug safety messages about the link between SSRIs and birth defects. Birth defects that can be associated with the use of SSRI antidepressants during pregnancy are:

anencephaly

Atrial Septal Defect (hole in the heart)

cleft lip, cleft palate

Clubfoot Limb Malformation

coarctation

craniosynostosis cranio-facial malformation

DAA

Double Inlet left ventricle

double outlet right ventricle

Gastrochesis abdominal wall malformation

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)

NTDs

Omphalcele abdominal wall malformation

persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN)

pulmonary atresia

Pulmonary Lung Defect

Spina Bifida

Tetralogy of Fallot

transposition of the great vessels

Tricuspic atresia

truncus arteriosus

ventricular septal defect (hole in the heart)

Several studies have shown a link between birth defects and mothers have suggested the use of SSRI antidepressants during pregnancy. For example, a 1996 study in the New England Journal of Medicine published showed that women taking Prozac during pregnancy were twice as likely to deliver a child with three or more minor anomalies, and poorer than average neonatal adaptation. Another New England Journal of Medicine study found that women who took SSRIs during their third trimester six times more likely babies with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) than women who did not take SSRIs were born during their third trimester deliver. In 2005, a Danish study found that babies exposed to SSRIs during the first trimester of pregnancy. A 60% higher chance of developing congenital heart defects when used with children whose mothers had not compared the drugs

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued several drug safety messages about the link between SSRIs and birth defects. In 2005, the agency warned that studies had shown that infants born to women who had first trimester Paxil exposure had an increased risk of cardiovascular malformations, primarily ventricular and atrial septal defect (VSD and ASD). A year later, the FDA warned that children born to women who did SSRIs late in the third trimester (after their 20th week) were more likely to develop PPHN.

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If your child was born with a birth defect, which are related to an SSRI antidepressant, Gilman Law is here to help. Free case evaluations are Gilmanlawllp.com available, or call toll free at 1-888-252-0048.

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If your child was born with a birth defect, which are related to an SSRI antidepressant, Gilman Law is here to help. Free case evaluations are Gilmanlawllp.com available, or call toll free at 1-888-252-0048.

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