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Drugs for Depression and Anxiety Linked to Premature Births

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  • Reuters reports that a new research study shows that antidepressants and Benzodiazepines can increase risk of premature birth.
  • Women taking antidepressants during pregnancy increase chances of have a preterm baby by up to 5 times.
  • Same risk not seen in women that started drug therapy before pregnancy or during first 3 months.
  • Antidepressants on this list include Zoloft, Paxil, Prozac.
  • Benzodiazepines linked to premature births include Atvian and Xanax.

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Should pregnant women take drugs like antidepressants? What’s your opinion?

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2 Responses to “Drugs for Depression and Anxiety Linked to Premature Births”

emily

January 26th, 2010 at 10:04 pm

What about SNRIs? any research done on those? THis is something I’ve grappled with even though I’m not even close to having a kid. I am against risking the health of my child just so I can have more peace of mind but wonder alternatively if the anxiety fed to my child while pregnant could have negative effects as well…

Paul

January 27th, 2010 at 12:35 pm

Hi Emily,

You know I’m not sure about SNRI’s, I don’t think the story mentioned them.

But you’re right about this being a big issue for parents to be… it’s a tough call. But ultimately risking the health of your baby isn’t worth it. I guess in the worst case scenario women can just hold off during the course of the pregnancy and resume drug therapy just after delivery.

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