Wednesday 2 January 2013

Anti-Depressants In Pregnancy Not Linked To Stillbirth And Infant Deaths

A pregnant woman taking anti-depressant SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) drugs does not have an increased risk of stillbirth or infant mortality. The finding was published in JAMA and came from new research involving almost 30,000 females from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden who were taking SSRI drugs during pregnancy. The researchers found no notable link between SSRI drug use and risk of neonatal death, postneonatal death, or stillbirth, even after controlling for variables such as maternal psychiatric disease... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..

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