Monday, March 18, 2013

Citalopram Birth Defects

By Kenneth Shannon


Many recent studies and researches have proven a link between pregnant women consuming Celexa and birth defects. The probability of an infant having a birth defect will dramatically increase if a woman takes this prescription during any trimester of her pregnancy.

In accordance with these studies, they predict that an average of ten percent of all pregnant females have depression to some degree. One thing these researches lacked to investigate was whether these disorders were apparent before the pregnancy occurred.

Oftentimes, a doctor will recommend their patients to continue using Celexa while they are carrying an infant if they have already been diagnosed with major or chronic depression. While this may benefit the female, it will usually not benefit the child.

There have been numerous reports of some type of defect in newborns from women who took this prescription drug during any trimester of their pregnancy.

The probability of a baby having craniosynostosis will extremely increase given that the mother consumes Celexa during her first trimester of pregnancy. Craniosynostosis is a defect in which the child's skull plates will close early.

This basically means that the plates close and cause the infant's head to abnormally shape and not grow proportionately. This will not only effect the shape, but also cause severe problems in the future such as mental development and problems with their vision.

Persistent pulmonary hypertension is also a very common Celexa birth defect. This is a disorder which causes the circulatory system of the child to not properly adapt to conditions outside of the woman's womb.

Basically what this does is force the child's blood away from his or her lungs once he or she is born. This makes it very hard to breathe and will usually result in fatality.

If a woman consumes Citalopram during her third trimester, then she increases the danger of her baby developing the above mentioned disorder by six times.




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