Prozac Side Effects Linked to Birth Defects, Heart Defects, Potential Lawsuits
Prozac Side Effects Warning. Parker Waichman LLP, a personal injury law firm is investigating incidents of birth defects associated with Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants. Studies have indicated that mothers who take such drugs - especially in the first three months of pregnancy - may be at a higher risk … [Read more...]
SSRI Antidepressants Can Increase Patient’s Fear and Anxiety
For some of the millions of people worldwide who take selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) to treat depression, the drug may actually increase the patient’s fear and anxiety. This family of widely prescribed drugs includes Prozac (fluoxetine) and Zoloft (sertraline). New research by a team from the University of North … [Read more...]
Study Suggests Antidepressants May Increase Risk of Birth Defects
New research suggests that some antidepressants may increase the risk of birth defects if taken early in pregnancy, though others do not seem to pose the same risks. Whether antidepressants cause birth defects has been debated for years, and studies have not been conclusive on the question, National Public Radio (NPR) reports. Women … [Read more...]
New Study Suggests Increased Risk of Birth Defects with Prozac
The Higher Risk of Birth Defects with Prozac and Paxil. A new study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) adds to a body of research suggesting that the use of some antidepressants may be associated with a higher risk of birth defects. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified an increased … [Read more...]
New Study Suggests Increased Risk of Birth Defects with Prozac, Paxil
Prozac, Paxil Risk Of Birth Defects. A new study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) adds to a body of research suggesting that the use of some antidepressants may be associated with a higher risk of birth defects. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified an increased risk of defects, … [Read more...]
FDA Cautions Consumers Against Buying Oxy Elite Pro
Consumers should think twice before purchasing weight loss supplements, particularly Oxy Elite Pro, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned on Friday. According to Youth Health, a sample of Oxy Elite Pro shipped from a different country was found to have fluoxetine. Oxy Elite Pro, like many weight loss supplements, is a … [Read more...]
Elderly Treated with SSRI Antidepressants Suffer
SSRI Antidepressants Pose More Risks To Elderly Patients. A new study out of Britain has found that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants may pose more risks to elderly patients compared to older drugs called tricyclic antidepressants. SSRI antidepressants, which include drugs such as Prozac and Effexor, are … [Read more...]
SSRI’s Linked To Birth Defects
SSRIs May Cause Birth Defects. More emerging research is pointing to links between antidepressant use and a greater chance for a particular heart birth defect, writes WebMD. A Danish study of over 400,00 children born from 1996 to 2003, found that the risk increased when expectant mothers either take more than one selective … [Read more...]
Antidepressants Linked to Stomach Bleeding
Antidepressants Linked to Stomach Bleeding, A Spanish study in the Archives of General Psychiatry is reporting this week that antidepressants taken by millions of people may actually increase a patient’s risk of developing stomach ulcers. The drugs, which are known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors—or SSRIs—include Eli Lilly … [Read more...]
SSRI Antidepressants Tied to Premature Birth
SSRI Antidepressants Tied to Premature Birth. Paxil and similar antidepressants have been linked to an increased risk of premature birth, a new study says. Premature birth is just one of the many risks posed by the class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Paxil has been shown to increase the … [Read more...]
Paxil Don’t Do Much For Most Patients
Antidepressants Work No Better Than Placebos. Prozac, Effexor, and Paxil may only be effective in the most severely depressed patients. In a recent study conducted by British researchers on the effect of some antidepressants, it seems that antidepressant medications may only really be truly effective in the most severely depressed of … [Read more...]
Antidepressants May Harm Newborns’ Lungs
Antidepressants Harm Newborns' Lungs. New research has linked the use of Prozac and other similar antidepressants during pregnancy to yet another complication in newborns: an uncommon but life-threatening lung problem. Infants whose mothers took the antidepressants in the second half of pregnancy had six times the expected risk of … [Read more...]
Lilly Documents Link Prozac to Violence
Lilly Documents Link Prozac to Violence. Eli Lilly & Co. documents linking the antidepressant Prozac to violence have been turned over to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by the British Medical Journal, the publication says in its Jan. 1 issue. The documents ``appear to suggest a link'' between Lilly's Prozac and suicide … [Read more...]
Antidepressants Can Affect Newborns
Antidepressants on Newborns. Women who take Prozac or certain other antidepressants late in pregnancy raise the risk that their babies will suffer jitteriness, irritability and serious respiratory problems during their first couple of weeks, researchers say. Babies born to women taking antidepressants in the last three months of … [Read more...]
How Lilly Gilded Prozac’s Profile
The Popular Antidepressant Prozac's Profile. This spring, Jeff Weise shot himself dead after taking the popular antidepressant Prozac. He scored national headlines because he took nine innocent people down with him in the worst school shooting rampage since Columbine. Some now wonder whether Weise's antidepressant rather than … [Read more...]
Drugs Raise Risk of Suicide
Antidepressants Increased The Risk Of Suicide. Adults taking popular antidepressants such as Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft are more than twice as likely to attempt suicide as patients given sugar pills, according to an analysis released yesterday of hundreds of clinical trials involving tens of thousands of patients. The results mirror … [Read more...]
Can A Popular Antidepressant Cause Teenage Suicide?
Antidepressant Can Cause Teenage Suicidal Behavior. Michelle Van Syckel was one of those teenagers who did everything played the clarinet and basketball, loved to travel, was an honor-roll student for five years. But, after moving to a new town, Van Syckel had trouble making friends, became irritable, and eventually stopped … [Read more...]
Prozac Drove Woman To Suicide
Prozac May Cause Suicidal Thoughts. Prozac "may or may not have contributed" to the death of Wendy Hay, who killed herself last September while taking the drug for depression, a coroner said yesterday in a verdict which has significance for an official inquiry taking place into the side-effects of this class of … [Read more...]
