Topic
birth defects
149 published works
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2010 – Paxil associated with a number of dangerous birth defects
By Jared Fink
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are serious medications that help with depression and anxiety disorders. These disorders are the most prevalent mental health disorders in the United States and it…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2004 – SSRIs connected with serious birth defects
By Jared Fink
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants and benzodiazepines are common medications used for the treatment of anxiety disorders and depression during pregnancy. An increased risk for neonatal discontinuation and prenatal…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Depacon, other AEDs found associated with severe congenital malformations
By Jared Fink
In 1981, medical researcher F. Majewski, published a study in the Internaltional Journal of Biological Research in Pregnancy titled “The teratogenicity of Hydantoins and Barbiturates in Humans, With Considerations on…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
1996 – Risk AEDs pose to developing fetus evaluated
By Jared Fink
The objectives of a 1996 study done by The Medical Birth Registry of Norway at University of Bergen, in Norway, titled “Spina Bifida and Cleft Lip Among Newborns of Norwegian…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2011 – Study shows AED association with birth defects
By Jared Fink
There are many risks involved with antiepileptic drugs and the harmful effects AEDs may have on a developing fetus or embryo. There has been a lot of research done on…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2002 – Large study proposed to evaluate safety of AEDs during pregnancy
By Jared Fink
There are many risks involved with the harmful effects antiepileptic drugs have on a developing fetus or embryo. Despite the studies that have been done on this subject, the risks…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2007 – Connection found between AED use and birth defects
By Jared Fink
There is an increased risk that children exposed to antiepileptic drugs in utero will develop major congenital malformations. Despite these elevated risks, the majority of children exposed to antiepileptic drugs…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Risk for birth defects “2-3 times greater” with in utero exposure to AEDs
By Jared Fink
An article titled “The European Registry of Antiepileptic Drugs and Pregnancy”, from the Department of Experimental Neurology, University of Berlin, by Kretz R., et al., states that “All old-generation antiepileptic…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2010 – VPA (Depacon) Associated with 14 Congenital Malformations
By Jared Fink
Some studies suggest that the use of certain antiepileptic medications such as valproic acid (Depacon / Depakene / Depakote) in the first trimester is associated with an increased risk of…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
1992 – Research shows danger of VPA therapy during pregnancy
By Jared Fink
Around 90 percent of all epileptic women who are on antiepileptic drugs will bear children healthy children with no congenital malformations. However, antiepileptic drugs do have the ability to cause…