Abramson, Brown & Dugan Attorneys

A new Danish study has linked a specific type of birth defect in cases where pregnant mothers were taking antidepressants.  The Danish study, reported by WebMD, found that women who take more than one selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) or switch SSRIs during the first trimester of pregnancy are more than 4 times as likely to give birth to babies with septal heart defects.  Popular SSRIs include Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa, and Lexapro. 

In 2005, the FDA sent a letter to physicians regarding a potential link between Paxil and birth defects but did not mention any of the other antidepressant drugs.