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A.S., Minor, Smithkline Beecham, Paxil & Birth Defects


depakote,birth defect, birth defects,generic, generic drug, granuflo, actos, AVANDIA, BIRTH DEFECT, BIRTH INJURY, FOSAMAX, ANDROGEL, LOW T, RISPERDAL, TRASYLOL, ACCUTANE, ACTOS, DEFECTIVE DRUG, DRUG INJURY, DEFECTIVE DRUG INJURY, YAZ, YASMIN, GIANVI, OCELLA, ZOLOFT, FEN PHEN, PAXIL,DEPAKOTE,topmax, celexa, lexapro, xareltoA.S., Minor, Smithkline Beecham, Paxil & Birth Defects: A recent case in the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit recently ruled on a motion to remand.

A.S., Minor, Smithkline Beecham, Paxil & Birth Defects case documents what many paxil prescription drug users may be experiencing today – potential birth defects in their child from the use of paxil during pregnancy. The court ruled in favor of the Plaintiffs in the case.

A brief summary of the facts include:

  • A.S. and Sallee Miller (“Plaintiffs”) filed suit in Pennsylvania state court against GlaxoSmithKline LLC (“GSK”) claiming that its drug, Paxil, caused birth defects.
  • GSK removed the case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
  • On September 30, 2011, A.S., who suffers from a congenital birth defect, and his mother, Sallee Miller, who ingested Paxil while pregnant, sued GSK in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.

To find out more on the case, see Case No. 14-1229 – October 9, 2014.


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Since September 2005, scientific evidence has revealed that SSRI antidepressants, such as Paxil, Zoloft (sertraline), Prozac (fluoxetine), and Lexapro (escitalopram), may cause birth defects in children whose mothers took these or other SSRI antidepressants during pregnancy. The same has been shown for SNRI (serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor) antidepressants like Effexor (venlafaxine).

Studies have linked the use of SSRI/SSRIs like Paxil and Zoloft during pregnancy with an increased risk of birth defects like heart congenital defects (cardiac birth defects in babies, risk birth injury defects) – heart valve defects, atrial (ASD) and ventricular septal defects (VSD) (holes in the walls of the chambers of the heart) – in newborns when Paxil or Zoloft is taken during the pregnancy (possibly the first first three months of pregnancy) and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), a life-threatening respiratory condition that affects a baby’s ability to breathe after birth.


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