Topic
birth defects
149 published works
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2010 – Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (IHPS) linked to Prozac exposure
By Jared Fink
Today, I came across an article from the Netherlands by M.K. Bakker published in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety (August, 2010) titled “Fluoxetine and infantile hypertrophic pylorus stenosis: a signal from…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
1992 – Zoloft, SSRIs linked to craniofacial birth defects
By Jared Fink
Searching the phrase “sertraline malformation” in PubMed, an online medical literature database curated by the US National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health, this morning I came across…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2007 – Birth defects seen in rats exposed to Prozac
By Jared Fink
Today, I came across a 2007 study linking adverse birth outcomes with exposure to Prozac (fluoxetine) during pregnancy. This article, by E. Fornaro et al., a team of Canadian medical…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Three more studies link Celexa, SSRIs to adverse birth outcomes
By Jared Fink
Over the past several decades, a number of studies have linked Celexa exposure and birth defects. This morning, I found several more, some of which are summarized below. For more…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2006 – FDA Warns Public on Paxil Danger for Neonates
By Jared Fink
In the March-April 2006 edition of Consumer Magazine (of the United States Food and Drug Administration), an important update was provided regarding the safety of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Early pregnancy use of Prozac and Paxil linked to birth defects, “adverse perinatal outcome”
By Jared Fink
Over the past several decades, a number of studies have linked selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) to a range of birth defects: neurological birth defects including spina bifida, cardiovascular birth…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2014 – Paxil exposure dramatically raises risk for birth defects
By Jared Fink
An article published March 11, 2014 in BJOG: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology by L. Ban et al., a team from The University of Nottingham in the United…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2012 – Study finds birth defects linked to prenatal Paxil, Prozac exposure
By Jared Fink
Published in the December, 2012 edition of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, an article by H. Malm titled “Prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and infant outcome.” provides further insight into…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2012 – Paxil linked to increased rate for heart defects
By Jared Fink
In 2012, more research connected Paxil (paroxetine) to increased rates of cardiac malformations - that is, birth defects of the heart. In this study, titled “Paroxetine use during pregnancy and…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2013 – Hypospadias linked to Effexor in pregnancy
By Jared Fink
A 2013 article by J.N. Lind et al. published in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety titled “Maternal medication and herbal use and risk for hypospadias: data from the National Birth Defects…