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Addiction to poular anti-depressant may lead to birth defects

Monday, August 17th, 2009

A group of women in the United States are suing British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the maker of the common anti-depressant Paxil, for failing to warn patients that taking their drug while pregnant may result in birth defects.

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According to Sarah Boseley, health editor of the Guardian, these women claim that GSK knew of the link between Paxil and birth trauma more than 10 years ago, a claim that GSK fervently denies.

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This is a complicated situation. Back in 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned physicians against prescribing Paxil to pregnant women (or women planning to become pregnant) unless no other treatment options were feasible. Unfortunately, the real problem with Paxil and other SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) like Prozac is that they are addictive. It can be very difficult to cease treatment in the event or hope of a pregnancy.
 
David Healy, a professor of psychiatry in Wales, will be testifying against GSK in court. He claims that GSK went so far as to promote Paxil specifically to women of childbearing years.

So far, GSK denies any concrete link between SSRIs and birth defects and points to other forces that may have played part in the studies such as medical negligence and genetics.

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The risk of knowing …

Monday, January 5th, 2009

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire move According to a recent study, a common test used to determine genetic diseases in an unborn child carries its own risks to the health of the fetus.

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A recent study lead by Dr. Lewis Holmes of the Massachusetts General Hospital concludes that the test, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), increases the rate of hemangiomas, birth defects caused by the abnormal growth of blood vessels, and other vascular limb defects.

CVS is usually performed in the first trimester. It has been regarded as a relatively safe procedure during which a small section of the placenta is removed and tested for serious genetic diseases such as Down syndrome. However, Holmes’ study found that the rate of a defect affecting two fingers increased from 1 in 54,000 to 1 in 3,000 in infants who had undergone CVS.

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Though CVS has its problems, it is possible that the benefits of knowing early may outweigh the risks, especially for women in high-risk pregnancies.
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The Miracle Maker dvd The Texas birth defect attorneys at the Law Office of Cappolino, Dodd & Krebs are concerned with the health of you and your child. Was your infant born with preventable birth defects? Call us today for professional insight.

Cord Blood to Treat Cerebral Palsy

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

There is good news out of Duke University for some parents of children with cerebral palsy. Lawyers are able to help you seek compensation for the care of your child after their birth trauma, but there is still no greater resolution than actually getting to see a child recover from this debilitating disease.


Before her parents enrolled her in the Duke University experimental procedure, 2-year-old Chloe Levine had very limited use of the right side of her body and was looking at almost twenty years of physical therapy. Luckily Ryan and Jenny Levine had paid to bank Chloe’s umbilical cord blood after her birth, from which researchers at Duke were able to extract stem cells to repair Chloe’s damaged brain tissue.

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Since that milestone procedure 2 months ago, Chloe has made a 50 percent recovery and can now walk, run and do sign language.
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Richard Pryor …Here and Now video Unfortunately, this treatment is only available to parents who opted to bank their baby’s umbilical cord blood at birth.

Currently it costs about $2,000 to bank an infant’s cord blood, but Dr. Manny Alvarez of Fox News predicts that cost will soon drop. Cord blood is most useful for the person it came from, but can also be used to help ailing siblings.

Cerebral palsy is a devastating and often preventable disease for which there is still no cure. If your child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, lawyers in our office are ready to help you.