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Paxil® Lawsuit Lawyers

Paxil® Lawsuit Attorneys Handling Birth Defect Claims

Paxil (paroxetine hydrochloride) is a prescription drug used to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic distress disorder, panic disorder and other forms of anxiety. It is a member of the drug of families called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which also includes Zoloft, Prozac, Celexa, Luvox and Lexapro. While SSRIs have been shown to help the individuals taking them, they have also been shown to cause severe injuries in newborns.

If your newborn suffered a heart defect, persistent pulmonary hypertension or other birth defect, please contact us for a free consultation.

Skikos Crawford Skikos & Joseph is a nationwide law firm with offices in San Francisco, California, and Cleveland, Ohio. Our lawyers are skilled mass tort litigators. We are not afraid to fight against large pharmaceutical companies who have placed defective drugs in the market.

Paxil Anti-Depressant Side Effects Include Birth Defects

On December 8, 2005, the FDA alerted health care professionals that early results of new studies for Paxil suggested the drug increases the risk for birth defects, particularly heart defects, when taken during the first three months of pregnancy.

The study looked at the Swedish national registry data, and found that women who took Paxil during early pregnancy were twice as likely to have a child with heart defects as other women on the registry. Other studies confirmed this data. Most of the cardiac defects observed in these studies were atrial or ventricular septal defects, conditions in which the wall between the right and left sides of the heart were not completely developed.

Paxil Tied To Rare Lung Disease in Newborns

On July 19, 2006, the FDA issued a public health advisory for Paxil and other SSRI medications during pregnancy. The advisory stated that a recent study suggested that rare cases of persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPH or PPHN) in newborns of mothers who had used the drug.

PPHN is a serious and life-threatening lung condition. In the study, PPHN was six times more common in babies of mothers who had taken an SSRI after the 20th week of pregnancy compared to mothers who did not take an antidepressant.

Contact Us If Your Newborn Was Injured by Paxil or Any Other SSRI

If you or a family member has had a newborn with heart defects after taking Paxil in early pregnancy, or has had a newborn with persistent pulmonary hypertension after taking Paxil later in pregnancy, please contact us today for your free case evaluation. From the initial meeting through to discovery, settlement conferences and court litigation, our lawyers will represent your interests at all times.