On a recent study that was published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, researchers found out that the use of antidepressants during early pregnancy puts the child at an increased risk of having a heart defect.
The study suggests that taking the antidepressant buproprion within the early months of your pregnancy doubles the risk that your baby will have Left Outflow Tract Defects. Children with this defect suffer from blood flow problems from the heart’s left chambers to the other parts of the body. Most of the time, children with this condition will need a surgery, especially when the body’s main artery is tightening.
Such conclusions were based on a research conducted among 12,700 infants born between 1997 and 2004 in the United States.
Infodose thoughts: Women who are pregnant and even those who are planning to conceive should make it a point to see their ob-gyne and ask about the various medications that they cannot take and the activities that they cannot engage in once they become pregnant.
Infodose thoughts: Women who are pregnant and even those who are planning to conceive should make it a point to see their ob-gyne and ask about the various medications that they cannot take and the activities that they cannot engage in once they become pregnant.
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