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Primary pulmonary hypertension in infants

In a recent study found that antidepressant drugs taken by pregnant women their 20th week or later caused the frequency of pulmonary hypertension in babies up.

These studies have raised a startling dialogue between specialists HPP and other experts that antidepressants used by pregnant women can increase the likelihood that their babies are born with lung problems, specifically Primary Pulmonary Hypertension.

The drugs in question are well known. These include: Celexa, Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft.

As a result, babies born with Primary pulmonary hypertension require immediate assistance to breathe. Unfortunately, it is estimated that 10-20 percent of these babies die shortly after birth.

Moreover, children born with primary pulmonary hypertension will undoubtedly develop hearing loss, brain abnormalities, and dysfunction in the development and seek specialist help in the HPP.

Although experts say the risk of having a child born with primary pulmonary hypertension is very low, women who have any of these antidepressants are taking a chance with her unborn child. It was also found that women who are still viable to have children, but have problems with depression, more likely to take antidepressants.

In response to these facts that gave rise, the FDA concluded that more safety studies are needed, but at the same time, women who take antidepressants should not stop because of this report.

But the fact remains that infants develop symptoms such as lack of appetite, seizures, and anxiety. Therefore, we must seek the guidance and assistance of a specialist in PPH. One such study reported that 30 percent of babies exposed to antidepressants in the uterus developed a sugar imbalance, sleep disturbances and symptoms similar to drug withdrawal.

Consequently, the FDA warned that the use of Paxil during the first trimester is associated with an increased risk of birth defects, like heart defects. However, it did not end there. In the Group Johnson's law pharmaceutical practicing general litigation and cases relating to Paxil in particular, discuss the problems of drug Paxil as prescribed in this way: More than 20 million Americans take antidepressants.

Last year doctors dispensed 150 million prescriptions in the U.S., according to IMS Health, a health care Connecticut-based company information. 70 per cent of medicines are not prescribed by psychiatrists but by doctors general without special training in complex mental disorders. The global market for antidepressants in the United States is more than $ 12.5 billion a year.

On the other hand, claim that the FDA alerted health care professionasl and patients about new studies suggesting that Paxil increased the risk of birth defects particularly heart defects, when women took the drug during the first three months of pregnancy. The first results of two studies showed that women taking Paxil during the first three months of pregnancy were nearly twice as likely to have a baby with a heart defect than women who received other antidepressants or women in the general population.

Most heart defects reported in these studies were atrial and ventricular septal defects (holes in the walls of the chambers of the heart). In general, the FDA said, these defects range in severity from those that are minor and may resolve without treatment to those who cause serious problems may need to be repaired surgically.

That warning was followed by a new alert from the FDA in July 2006 reported that the use of antidepressants pregnant mothers as a result of babies born with a serious condition called persistent pulmonary hypertension (persistent pulmonary hypertension). Babies born with PPHN have abnormal blood flow through the heart and lungs and do not get enough oxygen into your body. Babies with PPHN can be very sick and possibly even die.

The results of this study, reported by The New England Journal of Medicine, showed that babies born to mothers who took SSRIs the family of drugs which Paxil belongs, were six times more likely to have PPHN babies born to mothers who did not take antidepressants during pregnancy.

In another study, the highest incidence of primary pulmonary hypertension did not occur in women taking non-SSRI antidepressants. These include tricyclics such as Elavil, Wellbutrin, Effexor, and Desyrel. The conclusion is that there is a need for more information on safety and drug use during pregnancy. Seeking advice from a specialist consultation PTT with a pediatrician can recommend.

If you have been taking Paxil during pregnancy, and baby showed signs of primary pulmonary hypertension, defects birth or serious illness, it is that you contact a lawyer for PTT to initiate litigation on their behalf. While the loss of a child can never be fully measured in monetary value, you may be able to claim compensation for additional medical treatment as a result of this devastating loss.

About the Author

Nick Johnson is lead counsel with Johnson Law Group. Johnson represents plaintiffs in many states and focuses on injury cases involving Fen-Phen and PPH, Paxil, Mesothelioma and Nursing Home Abuse. Call Nick Johnson at 1-888-311-5522 or visit http://www.jbclawfirm.com for a free case evaluation.

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