Rottenstein Law Group Acknowledges Research Showing SSRI Use By Pregnant Women to Treat Depression is Linked to Preeclampsia

(New York, NY, March 28, 2012) The Rottenstein Law Group, which represents clients with claims stemming from injuries and birth defects caused by Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) Zoloft and Paxil, has learned of research showing that pregnant women who take SSRIs to treat depression might be putting themselves at risk for developing dangerously high blood pressure, a condition known as “preeclampsia” that can harm both mothers and their unborn children.
The SSRI/preeclampsia connection was drawn by a Canadian study published in the March 22, 2012 edition of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. According to U.S. News, the study found that women who took SSRIs including Zoloft during their pregnancies were at a 60 percent higher risk of developing dangerously high blood pressure. The total risk increased from 2 percent to 3 percent.
For the women who took Paxil, the risk was even greater: SSRI use increased their chances of developing preeclampsia to 3.6 percent.
“We know that antidepressants should be used with caution [during pregnancy],” the U.S. News article quotes the lead researcher, Anick Berard, as having stated. “The association between SSRIs and hypertension is a new finding.” Berard is the director of the research unit of medications and pregnancy at CHU Ste.-Justine’s Research Centre in Montreal, Quebec.
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