Zoloft, SSRI Antidepressants Side Effects May Lead To Birth & Heart Defects Lawsuits
Zoloft & SSRI's Linked To Birth Defects. Birth Defects linked to Zoloft, SSRI Antidepressant usage during pregnancy. Women who take SSRI antidepressants may face a greater chance of having a child with a birth defect. In 2005, a Danish study showed that infants exposed to SSRIs during the first trimester of pregnancy had a 60% higher … [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...]
Potential Link between Zoloft and Birth Defects Identified in Pfizer Report
Zoloft Linked To Birth Defects. A Pfizer report warning that Zoloft may be linked to birth defects may make it more difficult for the pharmaceutical company to dodge litigation, Bloomberg reports. The April 2014 document shows that Francesca Kolitsopoulous, who was an associate director in Pfizer's Worldwide Safety Strategy unit's … [Read more...]
Pfizer Scientist Warned Company of Possible Link between Zoloft and Birth Defects
A report from the associate director in Pfizer’s Worldwide Safety Strategy unit warned company executives last year about a potential link between the anti-depressant drug Zoloft and birth defects. The report recommended changes to the medication’s warning label. The report, introduced as evidence last week in a Philadelphia trial, … [Read more...]
Zoloft Was Among Top Selling Drugs in 2011
Knowing More About Zoloft Drug Zoloft was among the most prescribed drugs in the U.S. last year, this despite many concerns about its ability as an effective antidepressant drug and its link to dangerous side effects. According to a report this week from Houston Business Journal, Pfizer’s Zoloft and Xanax were among the … [Read more...]
Zoloft Class Action Lawsuit Filed
Zoloft Class Action Lawsuit. Pfizer has been hit with yet another Zoloft birth defect lawsuit, this time a class action filed by a group of mothers in St. Louis. The plaintiffs, who allege their use of Zoloft caused their child to be born with birth defects, are asking for more than $200,000 in actual damages from Pfizer, along with … [Read more...]
Pfizer Hit with Another Birth Defect Lawsuit
Another Pfizer Birth Defect Lawsuit. Zoloft birth defects lawsuits continue to pile up against Pfizer. Most recently, a woman from Chicago filed suit against the drug maker claiming her mother's us of Zoloft while pregnant caused her to be born with serious birth defects, including cleft palate and cleft lip, in 1991. Angela … [Read more...]
MDL for Zoloft Birth Defect Lawsuits
Zoloft Can Cause Birth Defects. A multidistrict litigation (MDL) could be on the horizon for dozens of Zoloft birth defect lawsuits currently pending in federal courts around the country. Pfizer Inc., the maker of the popular selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant, is seeking to have the Zoloft birth defect … [Read more...]
Pfizer Failed to Warn on Zoloft Birth Defects
Pfizer Failed To Warn About Zoloft Birth Defects. Pfizer has been named in another Zoloft birth defect lawsuit, this time by a couple in Louisiana. Terry and Nelda Rolling claim Nelda's use of Zoloft during pregnancy caused their child to be born with a congenital birth defect. Zoloft, known as selective serotonin reuptake … [Read more...]
Lawsuit Blames Pfizer for Birth Defects
Pfizer Zoloft Antidepressant Caused Birth Defects. A group of parents has filed suit in Illinois State Court claiming that Pfizer Inc.'s Zoloft antidepressant caused birth defects in their children. All of the mothers named as plaintiffs in the Zoloft lawsuit claim they only took the drug during their pregnancies because of Pfizer's … [Read more...]
Zoloft Lawsuit Filed Over Baby’s Anencephaly
Birth Defect Risks Associated With Zoloft. The parents of a little boy who died from the birth defect, anencephaly, have filed suit against Pfizer Inc., claiming the antidepressant, Zoloft, caused the disorder. According to a report from Courthouse News Service, Susan and James Hodge allege Pfizer knew of birth defect risks … [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...]
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...]
Lawsuit Blames Zoloft for Teenager’s Suicide
Zoloft May Cause Suicidal Thoughts In Teenagers. A South Jordan couple on Tuesday accused pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. of negligence in their daughter's "tragic, maddening, wrongful death" for allegedly failing to warn doctors of a link between its antidepressant ‘Zoloft’ and teenage suicide. In a suit filed in U.S. District … [Read more...]
