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Pregnant women beware: Some medications can be lethal to fetus

fetus 150x150 Pregnant women beware: Some medications can be lethal to fetusIn 2005, informed health care professionals that it was updating the Pregnancy subsection of the PRECAUTIONS section of the labels for its popular antidepressant medication Paxil to indicate the risk of possible side effects based on a study conducted by the drug maker. The study revealed a greater risk of birth defects in infants born to woman taking during the first trimester. An even greater risk was found associated with the use of over other in the study.

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