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Zoloft® & Birth Defects Information

Zoloft®, an SSRI antidepressant sold by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, has been linked to a number of birth defects occurring after the mother has taken Zoloft® before or during pregnancy. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed Zoloft® in its Pregnancy Category C class of drugs. Placement in this class means that the drug has not been effectively studied in pregnant women, but animal reproduction studies have shown adverse effects on the fetus and the mother when given Zoloft®.

Heart Defect Risk and Zoloft®

How Zoloft® causes heart defects in newborns, and the side effects generally associated with SSRIs is clinically unknown. What is known is that Zoloft®, the branded Sertaline Hydrochloride SSRI, works to modify when and how much the brain absorbs of the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine, the brain chemicals believed to impact mood. Zoloft® is prescribed to treat major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorders, and panic attacks in adults and children.

Typical Zoloft® side effects include:

• Nausea
• Insomnia
• Diarrhea
• Dry Mouth
• Dizziness
• Tremor
• A rare type of colitis
• Sexual dysfunction

Unfortunately, Zoloft® has also been connected a myriad of life-threatening congenital heart defects in newborns whose mothers took Zoloft® during pregnancy. The defects may not be readily apparent at birth and if not treated in time can lead to sudden death. Symptoms of newborn cardiac defects include:

• Difficulty feeding – lack of appetite
• Failure to gain weight
• Poor development
• Cyanosis (skin turns blue due to lack of oxygen)
• Passing out
• Stroke

In addition to simple blood tests, expensive and scary tests are needed to properly diagnose newborn cardiac defects, including:

• EKG (electrocardiogram)
• Chest x-ray
• Cardiac catheterization
• Echocardiogram (ultrasound)
• MRI of the heart

How Can a Zoloft® Lawyer Help?

While you're busy navigating the scary halls of the healthcare system, a Zoloft birth defect lawyer can compare your situation to the thousands of others who have come forward with similar claims and determine if you are entitled to compensation for the expensive and tragic circumstances you and your child find yourself in because you were prescribed Zoloft® during pregnancy.

Contact a Zoloft® Birth Defect Lawyer

If you took Zoloft® or another SSRI and your infant was born with some king of birth defect, including heart defects, you should contact a Zoloft® birth defect lawyer to learn about your rights to compensation.

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