Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 21:04:17 EST; From: LHSQ76A@prodigy.com (Dr Valerie D Raskin); Subject: Antidepressants during pregnancy ... A nice prospective study was published in JAMA. The same goes

Study hypothesis ... The use of modern antidepressants during pregnancy is associated with changes in foetal movement and development and can lead to serious withdrawal syndromes after birth.

With this knowledge, Dr. Wisner says physicians should become more comfortable prescribing antidepressants during pregnancy. And that will help women like Rose Kreidler.

Authors of study on pregnant women and antidepressants were paid consultants for drug makers.

Troubling ties in pregnancy and antidepressants study ... Authors of study on pregnant women and antidepressants were paid consultants for drug makers.

The study will compare babies whose mothers took antidepressants with those whose mothers used non-medication treatments during pregnancy in order to determine which, if any clinical syndromes...

"We hope that this study will provide both doctors and pregnant women on antidepressants with some of the information they need to help them make those difficult decisions." ; ... Pregnancy / Obstetrics

Stanford study identifies cellular mechanism that causes lupuslike symptoms in mice ... Two Antidepressants Taken During Pregnancy Linked To Heart Anomalies In Babies

Women who took the antidepressant fluoxetine during the first three months of pregnancy gave birth to four times as many babies with heart problems as women who did not and the levels were three times ...

"We hope that this study will provide both doctors and pregnant women on antidepressants with some of the information they need to help them make those difficult decisions.