News for March 12th, 2009

Babies born to women taking Paxil at higher risk for heart defects

pregnant woman 150x150 Babies born to women taking Paxil at higher risk for heart defectsThe first warning Faith Gibson had that the hole in her 3 ½-year-old daughter’s heart was caused by the anti-anxiety drug that she thought was safe to take during , was when she read a newspaper story about another little girl born with the same birth defect. That mother was suing drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for failing to warn her of the risk of in newborns when taking Paxil during . It was the same medication Gibson had taking since 2002 and during her .

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