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J.F., Minor, Moore, Glaxosmithkline, Paxil & Birth Defects

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J.F., Minor, Moore, Glaxosmithkline, 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 Plaintiff in the case.

To find out more on the case, see Case No. 1:13-cv-01699-LJO-JLT – January 17, 2014.

A brief summary of the facts include:

  • Plaintiffs initiated this action by filing a complaint on July 31, 2013, in Kern County Superior Court, Case No. S-1500-CV-279990-DRL.
  • J.F. alleges her mother was prescribed “paroxetine” which “is manufactured, promoted, distributed, labeled and marketed by GSK under the trade name[s] Paxil®, Paxil Oral Suspension ®, and Paxil CR®.”
  • Paroxetine “is a member of the class of drugs known as `selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors’ or `SSRIs,” and is used to treated depression in adults. 
  • Plaintiffs allege Ms. Moore took Paxil while pregnant, and that upon Plaintiffs’ “information and belief, McKesson supplied the Paxil® pills ingested by Amber Moore that caused injury to [J.F.]”
  • According to Plaintiffs, as a result of her mother’s use of Paxil, J.F. “has been diagnosed with Chiari I Malformation, which is a congenital neural tube defect from which she continues to suffer headaches, impaired coordination, and takes daily medication.” 
  • Further, J.F. was “diagnosed with labial adhesion, has a hormone implant in her arm, and endured corrective surgery.
  • Plaintiffs allege that at the time medication was prescribed to Ms. Moore, “GSK knew through pre-market studies and post-marketing studies and reports that Paxil® was associated with a significant increased risk of cardiac birth defects in babies whose mothers ingested Paxil®during pregnancy.”

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Since September 2005, however, 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 (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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