Antidepressants increase birth defect risks if consumed during early pregnancy
Using paroxetine- a medication prescribed to treat conditions including depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder- during the first trimester of pregnancy may increase the newborns' risk of congenital malformations and cardiac malformations.
Jan 06, 2016, 13:54 PM ISTPopular antidepressant neither safe nor effective for teens
Depressed teens shouldn't take the widely used antidepressant paroxetine as it is neither safe nor effective, as per a reanalysis of an influential study originally published in 2001.
Sep 20, 2015, 17:34 PM IST