Sunday 26 November 2006

Whoops, I'm on a role

I won't mention SSRIs again for a least a week but I just had to share this with you all.
A new study suggests that "pregnant women who are taking an SSRI antidepressant such as Prozac have double the risk of their precious baby being born with a congenital abnormality. The most dangerous time is during the second and third months of pregnancy. However, the researchers also found that the risk is vitually non-existant among women who are prescribed an SSRI later on in the pregnancy. This is a further blow to a class of drugs that is suspected of causing suicidal tendencies in patients and, paradoxically, making their depression worse. (sourse: Epidemiology, 2006; Oct).

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