Pregnant women should not use Paxil
Categories: Diet & Weight Loss
The anti-depressant Paxil should not be used by pregnant women due to the risk of birth defects, according to a group of obstetricians that related this news yesterday.Last year, the FDA and Paxil's manufacturer -- global pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline -- agreed the reclassify Paxil in order to reflect studies in pregnant women that showed the drug poses a risk to the fetus.
There were a few studies showing that pregnant women who were taking Paxil during their first trimester were shown to have babies with heart defects at twice the normal rate.
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donna 12-01-2006 @ 10:42PM
i take paxil now & have been taking it for sometime. i am very upset at these findings. i have been trying to get pregnant for many years with no success. now i'm wondering could paxil have had a part in me not being able to conceive?? i hate doctors they know nothing . ive asked for years & years if this drug is safe, and they always half listened to me & said yes, now i find this out.
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Tom 12-03-2006 @ 2:19PM
My wife had been on Paxil for several years when she became pregnant. The doctors told us that trying to quit the drug could be more dangerous than continuing during the pregnancy. She took it throughout the entire time and we luckily had a very healthy boy. She was unable to breastfeed due to the concentrations of Paxil that appear present in breastmilk. My son is 4.5 years old now, and so far appears to have luckily avoided any negative affects of the Paxil. I really feel that we have dodged a bullet, and worry a bit that something may turn up later in his life. A year after he was born, my wife went through the long and nasty process of weaning off of Paxil, experiencing some of the worse withdrawal symptoms she's ever had, compared to discontinuing other anti-anxiety meds.
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