The US Drug Watchdog is urging women who were using Zoloft, or Prozac, while pregnant, and then gave birth to a baby with birth defects, to contact them immediately. According to the US FDA, "Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, better known as SSRI’s, are used as an antidepressant. SSRI Antidepressants have a known link to birth defects when taken while pregnant. Some of the more popular brands of Zoloft and Prozac are included." The US Drug Watchdog fears potentially thousands of US newborns, or infants could be effected. According to the US FDA, "Taking the anti depresants Prozac, or Zoloft while pregnant can increase the risk of the baby having severe birth defects." The US Drug Watchdog Says, "These birth defects include, Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (or PPHN). PPHN restricts bloodflow and reduces the amount of oxygen in the blood, and Craniosynostosis – premature closing of sutures between the skull bones in infants, restricting brain growth and development. These birth defects are unbelievably horrible, and we want to identify every victim of these specific birth defects." For more information please call the US Drug Watchdog anytime at 866-714-6466, or contact the group via their web site at http://USDrugWatchdog.Com (http://USDrugWatchdog.Com)
(PRWeb January 10, 2012)
