Study warns of Paxil birth defect PPHN risk; FDA acts

Yet another study has warned about possible Paxil birth defects risks when the antidepressant is taken by a woman who is pregnant. That study is from the New England Journal of Medicine, which found a connection between such Paxil usage and the condition known as PPHN, or persistent pulmonary hypertension.

This condition harms the breathing and lung function of newborn babies. In fact, it can mean a child experiences respiratory failure soon after birth. Immediate treatment is vital, since the condition even can cause death.

PPHN is more likely to occur in the offspring of women who took antidepressant Paxil while pregnant. Though some Paxil birth defects, such as heart defects, are more apt to occur when women take the drug during their first trimester, in the case of PPHN, the risk heightens when women take the drug after the 20th week of their pregnancy, or well into their second trimester.

Indeed, the study showed that women who take Paxil after the 20th week of their pregnancy have a six times greater chance of having a child with PPHN than women who did not take antidepressants while pregnant. Many other Paxil side effects injuries exist, of course, including seizures, tremors, lowered blood sugar and vomiting. Most severe may be Paxil side effects injuries to the heart, but PPHN isn’t far behind.

Due to Paxil’s many birth defect risks, the Food and Drug Administration has ordered the defective drug’s manufacturer, GSK, or GlaxoSmithKline, to revise the stated pregnancy category of the drug from category C, in which a risk to the unborn child cannot be dismissed, to category D, indicating that studies have demonstrated a significant risk to unborn children when the mother uses Paxil while pregnant.

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