Pharmaceutical Drugs

Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella (the generic), some of the most popular birth control pills in the United States, are associated with a significantly higher risk of blood clots (deep vein thrombosis), stroke, pulmonary embolism, heart attack and gallbladder disease. Medical reports found that drsp or drospirenone, a progestin contained in the pills, is the cause of these risk.

Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, L.L.P. are pursuing EFFEXOR birth defect cases throughout the country.  Christopher Coffin and Nicholas Rockforte of Pendley, Baudin & Coffin, L.L.P. along with a number of attorneys filed the first birth defect case against EFFEXOR. The case alleges the death of an Ohio infant was directly related to her mother's ingestion of EFFEXOR.   

FIRST EFFEXOR™ BIRTH DEFECT COMPLAINT FILED IN PHILADELPHIA

Pregnant Mother Ingests Anti-Depressant Drug; Infant Dies

For the past decade numerous scientific studies have shown that use of SSRIs during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of serious side effects, including miscarriage and severe birth defects.  Such SSRI birth defects include Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn (PPHN), serious heart defects, and other congenital abnormalities.

Antidepressants including Celexa, Effexor, Lexapro, Paxil and Zoloft have been linked to an increased risk of birth defects.  

Antidepressants (SSRIs [selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors]), such as Celexa (citalopram), Effexor (venlaxafine), Lexapro (escitalopram), Paxil (paroxetine) and Zoloft (sertraline), since September of 2005 have been suspected to cause birth defects including: