Zoloft Lawsuit

Depression is a common cause in this world. Lots of research found that depression is the main cause to lot of common disease. This awareness makes people to go to doctors and psychologists in case of depression. To reduce depression doctors started using antidepressant drugs. One such drug is Zoloft which belongs to a group of drug known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). It is found that this drug potentially cause harm to the developing fetus at the time of pregnancy. So it is advised not to take this drug at the time of pregnancy. And also this drug is classified as pregnancy category C by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Doctors have been warned about this risk. Besides these warning some of the doctors are still using this to pregnant women for their benefits. Calculating the potential risk done by this drug on fetuses or unborn babies it was placed in Category C by FDA. Using this drug during pregnancy period will increase the risk of congenital heart defects among the fetuses. Atrial Septal Defects or Ventricular Septal Defects (VSD) is the most common form of heart defects due to this drug. National Birth Defects Prevention Study of Infants has constantly making awareness about zoloft birth defects. Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN), Abdominal congenital defects such as Omphalocele and Cranial congenital defects such as Craniosynostosis are some of other known Zoloft side effects. So pregnant women should be aware of this drug and avoid this drug even if the doctors prescribe it. And they can consult law firms to take necessary steps against them. If your child is affected due to this please take necessary steps by approaching law firms so that others wont get affected due to this drug. There are law firms which take the case regarding zoloft birth defects for free.