Posted by Cam W. on June 12, 2000, at 11:29:17
In reply to Paxil and pregnancy, posted by Karey on June 12, 2000, at 11:15:42
Karey - Longitudinal studies on this are done in retrospect and I have only seen a few and they were concerning pregnant women who had taken Prozac. The "Prozac babies" are now in their 20s and, so far, there has been little indication of any trend to more psychiatric problems in this population. I will reserve my opinion on this until this population has past their 25th birthday.Paxil is considered to be one of the safer antidepressants in pregnancy and breastfeeding, but I believe that all of the questions regarding this subject have not been resolved and probably won't be for a number of years.
I believe that Zoloft and Prozac are generally considered "safer" antidepressants in pregnancy. It is a risk versus benefit thing. The problems caused to the fetus by a mom's depression (eg high cortisol levels) is thought to be worse than any problems seen (so far) with some of the antidepressants. I would not say that your son's ADD was caused by the antidepressants, but I could not say this with 100% assurity.
Hope this helps - Cam
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