Pregnant women increase chances of babies’ birth defects by taking Paxil antidepressant

Many women face depression during pregnancy, and as a result, some of them take the antidepressant drug Paxil. Sadly, this is a defective drug which has a chance of causing birth defects to their babies.

In fact, according to one study in America, infants whose mother used Paxil while pregnant had a 50 per cent higher likelihood of enduring a malformed heart than infants whose mother chose to use another antidepressant drug.

For a vital organ such as the heart, any ailment is a serious matter, and in this case a Paxil birth defect to the heart can be quite serious. Such a Paxil injury can be manifested as a substantial congenital malformation, as well as in the form of some other cardiovascular defect.
 

These kinds of Paxil birth defects impacting a baby’s heart may necessitate surgery -- or even repeated surgeries -- to correct. Innocent babies should not have to endure such life-threatening traumas, but they do for one galling reason: Paxil’s negligent manufacturer knew that its drug was defective, yet sold it to unsuspecting Americans anyway.

That manufacturer is GlaxoSmithKline, or GSK, a drug maker in the United Kingdom. GSK has shown no interest in trimming its profits due to the birth defects that its drugs might cause. Though many studies have shown that Paxil causes birth defects to the heart, lungs, brain and other vital organs, GSK has persisted in selling its defective drug, to the tune of $1 billion in profits -- not sale, but profits -- in 2008 alone.

One study in America demonstrated that a fetus exposed to Paxil in the first trimester of the expectant mother’s pregnancy had a two- to three-fold greater chance of the baby’s heart suffering a right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. In another study, it was learned that women who took the antidepressant during pregnancy had almost a 50 per cent higher danger of their baby enduring a cardiovascular malformation when born.

Thus, it’s clear that Paxil poses birth defects risks for a Paxil injury, and not only for heart injuries but also for pulmonary hypertension and other ailments. Such maladies may mean the child needs surgeries and costly medical care in the first months of life.

Those costs should not be borne by the innocent family which GSK exposed to such serious injuries at the service of making even more enormous profits. Rather, GSK should be held accountable in a court of law for its failures to protect consumers -- and innocent babies.

That accountability may not come without a skilled and knowledgeable Paxil lawyer or attorney to press a Paxil lawsuit on behalf of Paxil injury victims.

If your family has been struck by Paxil birth defects, alert LawyerPaxil.com today and get a free case review of your Paxil lawsuit prospects. Just submit the free case review form on this Web page, or call toll-free to 1-800-344-9966, and a legal representative of LawyerPaxil.com will respond promptly to help you with your case.

Financial compensation -- and justice -- then can follow.