Antidepressants Cause Major Increase In Miscarriages

the Canadian Medical Association Journalreported a 68% increase in miscarriages in women who take modern antidepressants. Paroxetine, the SSRI sold as Paxil or Seroxat, and venlafaxine, the SNRI sold as Effexor, were especially risky, and taking more than one antidepressant was also particularly dangerous.

As previously documented in Babies of Women Taking Antidepressants Born With Deformities, Dr. Anick Bérard, PhD, one of the study's authors, has also noted that antidepressants have been associated with birth defects. It shouldn't, of course, come as any surprise that an agent guilty of causing birth defects would also result in miscarriages.

GEE ya think?!?

GSK was reported to have settled 200 of its birth defect litigation case last week with hundreds still pending. GSK makes Paxil, a drug popular with the psychaitric industry for "treating" its SAD disorder (Social Anxiety Disorder).

Whats REALLY sad is that GSK put profits before mother's and children.

Psychotropic medications are associated with adverse drug reactions (ADRs), many of which are serious, in children younger than 17 years, according to a new database study from Danish researchers.

Results also showed that all but one of the psychotropic-related ADRs for children between the ages of birth and 2 years were serious, including birth defects such as neonatal withdrawal syndrome, ventricular septal defects, and premature labor.

These findings were "probably due to the mothers' intake of psychotropic medicine, primarily antidepressants and antipsychotics, during pregnancy," write the study authors.

BMC research notes

23 June 2010