Babies Have WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS !!!
Q: if you are prescribed these poisons and stop taking them, the agony you go through is called "discontinuation syndrome". But if you're an newborn baby going through it because mommy was on drugs... that's "withdrawl symptoms"... at least according to the FD
A:
And the "medical experts" figure you only need a 10 to 14 day
tapering time before you give birth. They're not very bright !
A:The Food and Drug Administration urged the precaution in light of
scores of reports of withdrawal effects in newborns of women who took certain
antidepressants during the third trimester of pregnancy, agency
officials said.
The new information on drug labels urges physicians to carefully weigh
benefits and risks of antidepressant therapy in women during the late
stages of pregnancy, said Dr. Robert Levin, a medical reviewer in the FDA's
division of neuropharmacological drug products.
Untreated depression poses serious risks for mother and baby, too, so
doctors should not automatically avoid giving the drugs during
pregnancy, FDA officials and members of an outside advisory panel emphasized.
One option is to consider tapering off depression drugs 10 to 14 days
before a mother's due date, Levin said.
Babies' withdrawal symptoms were reported after their mothers used
drugs such as Prozac and Zoloft that are known as selective serotonin
reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, as well as another antidepressant called Effexor
made by Wyeth (NYSE:WYE - News).
Some of the most frequent withdrawal symptoms in infants included
jitteriness, tremors, breathing difficulties, and trouble sleeping.
Effects usually resolved on their own within days but in some cases required
extended hospital stays, insertion of feeding tubes or other
treatment.
Long-term consequences are unknown, FDA officials and outside
physicians said.
"Clinicians need to be aware of the potential for these events," Levin
told an FDA advisory committee.
An estimated 10 percent to 16 percent of pregnant