More bad news for anti-depressant drugs.
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BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
SEROXAT MAY CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS
Doctors have been warned not to give pregnant women a leading anti-depressant drug paroxetine - sold in Britain as Seroxat - during early pregnancy, because it may cause birth defects.
The move follows after evidence from Sweden suggested that women who took the drug during early pregnancy, were twice as likely to give birth to a child with a heart defect.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has written to all doctors and midwives in Britain alerting them to the potential dangers and told them to avoid prescribing paroxetine to pregnant women.
In the letter, Professor Gordon Duff, the chairman of the MHRA's Commission on Human Medicines, said: "Paroxetine should only be used in pregnancy when strictly indicated and only if the benefits for the mother are thought to outweigh the potential risk to the foetus.
"Until this issue is further investigated, consideration should be given as to whether paroxetine is the most suitable SSRI [selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor] to be used in pregnant women or those planning to become pregnant”.
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