Antidepressive treatment during pregnancy can affect newborn brain activity

A new Finnish study shows that fetal exposure to commonly used SRI drugs may affect brain activity in newborns. The researchers suggest that the effects of drugs on fetal brain function should be assessed more carefully. Furthermore, indications for preventive medication should be critically evaluated, and non-pharmacological interventions should be the first-line treatment for depression and anxiety during pregnancy.

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Antidepressant Use While Pregnant Tied to Lower Risk of Preterm Birth

Pregnant mothers treated with antidepressants have a lower risk of giving birth prematurely or having a delivery by Caesarean section. However, use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) is associated with a higher risk of neonatal problems, according to a recent study.

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Stop telling pregnant women to go off their antidepressants

Every few months, pregnant women hear another scare story about antidepressant use: The drugs have been linked to birth defects,autism and lung problems in babies. These studies make it seem like giving up antidepressants during pregnancy is the only option, even though it might cost women their health and ability to function.

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More women prescribed psychiatric drugs and left at risk of birth defects

Women of child-bearing age are increasingly being prescribed psychiatric medications that can cause pregnancy complications and birth defects, doctors fear.

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Study describes pros and cons of antidepressant use in pregnancy

Some women with depression who become pregnant face a troubling decision: whether to continue taking antidepressant medication to keep the depression at bay even though the medications may harm the fetus.

Study describes pros and cons of antidepressant use in pregnancy

Antidepressants during pregnancy could cause hypertension in lungs of child

SSRIs were recently reported of being unable to treat depressive symptoms satisfactorily. This study by scientists at Karolinska Institutet has put forward that SSRI anti- depressants consumed during pregnancy could lead to high blood pressure in the lungs of children.

Antidepressants during pregnancy could cause hypertension in lungs of child

Antidepressant use During Pregnancy Linked to Increased Risk of Autism

Women taking antidepressant medications during pregnancy have another risk to worry about, autism. A study recently published in the Archives of General Psychology suggests that mothers taking antidepressants like Zoloft, Prozac, and Paxil may be increasing the risk of having a child born with autism.

Antidepressant use During Pregnancy Linked to Increased Risk of Autism

Medication Use During Pregnancy Is Increasing

An increasing number of women are using medications during pregnancy, according to a new study recently released online in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The rise in medication use among pregnant women potentially places their children in harm’s way.

Medication Use During Pregnancy Is Increasing

Antipsychotics During Pregnancy May Harm Newborns, FDA Says

Johnson & Johnson’s Risperdal and Eli Lilly & Co.’s Zyprexa are among more than 20 antipsychotic drugs that U.S. regulators said may pose risks to newborns when taken by mothers during pregnancy.

Antipsychotics During Pregnancy May Harm Newborns, FDA Says

Mother's Unborn Child Endangered By Prescription Mix-Up

An expecting mom went to the pharmacy for antibiotic, but was given an abortion drug. Now her baby is in jeopardy. Watch 7NEWS Reporter Russell Haythorn's report.

Antivirals for herpes during pregnancy don't cause birth defects, study finds

Antivirals for herpes during pregnancy don't cause birth defects, study finds

A study of birth records in Denmark shows no increase in birth defects among children born to mothers who received the antiviral drugs acyclovir, valacyclovir and famciclovir during the first trimester of pregnancy, researchers said Monday. The drugs are often used to treat herpes simplex and herpes zoster infections.

Pregnant Women must Stay Away from Psychiatric Medication

In order not to put their unborn-baby in health-risk, pregnant women must stay away from taking psychiatric medicines, a recently concluded biomedical study has warned. These medicines, if taken during pregnancy, may cause serious side effects in kids, the study finds.

Pregnant Women must Stay Away from Psychiatric Medication

Antidepressants during pregnancy cause alarming 68 percent increased risk of miscarriage

Back in 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned that exposure to the antidepressant paroxetine (sold as Paxil, Paxil CR, and Pexeva) in the first trimester of pregnancy might increase the risk for birth defects, especially heart problems. Did this halt the widespread prescribing of paroxetine and other antidepressants for pregnant women? Unfortunately, the answer is no.

Antidepressants during pregnancy cause alarming 68 percent increased risk of miscarriage

Judge approves $110M settlement in E-Ferol case

A federal judge has approved a $110 million class-action settlement against the manufacturer and distributor of an intravenous vitamin E supplement that federal officials have linked to the deaths of dozens of premature infants in the mid-1980s.

Judge approves $110M settlement in E-Ferol case

Psychiatric Drugs During Pregnancy: Benefits, Risks, Alternatives

Taking medications during pregnancy — both prescription and over−the−counter — can be dangerous for the developing fetus. Drugs can cause a variety of unwanted effects including premature birth, abnormal birth weight, physical defects, developmental and neurological abnormalities, and others. But many pregnant women have conditions that are important to treat, so doctors and patients must weigh the risks of using medications against the risks to the mother and fetus of not treating the mother effectively. Some recent studies looked at the effects of antidepressant and anti−anxiety drugs as well as the alternative therapy, acupuncture.

Psychiatric Drugs During Pregnancy: Benefits, Risks, Alternatives

Mom's antidepressants may delay baby's first steps

When pregnant women take antidepressants, it sometimes causes their babies to hit developmental milestones late, Danish researchers reported on Monday.

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Antidepressants May Complicate Breast-Feeding

Antidepressants May Complicate Breast-Feeding

A widely used class of antidepressants can cause delayed lactation in new mothers, which means they may need additional support in order to breast-feed their babies, a new study says.

Antidepressants Tied To Preterm Births: Study

Among nearly 3,000 women who gave birth in Washington State, those who started taking SSRI antidepressants in the second or third trimester had a higher risk of preterm birth, according to Reuters, which cites a study in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Compared with others not given the meds, the women were nearly five times more likely to deliver prematurely. The same risk was not seen, however, among women who started on an SSRI before pregnancy or during the first trimester.

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Balancing act: Moms-to-be weigh risks, benefits of antidepressants

Moms-to-be memorize a litany of nutritional dos and don'ts.

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Expectant moms use too many dangerous drugs

Despite recent warnings about the dangers of using certain drugs during pregnancy, many expectant moms continue to take medications that cause birth defects.

Expectant moms use too many dangerous drugs