Category: Side Effect: Birth Defects (abnormality, congenital malformation)
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Fertility Drugs Clomid And Serophene Have Long Been Associated With Birth Defects
Should These Drugs Have Stronger Warning About Increased Risk Of Fetal Abnormality After Clomiphene Use? (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)Clomiphene is a prescription drug used for more than thirty years, now, to induce ovulation (egg production)…
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September 2009 Update On Paxil Lawsuits Alleging Birth Defects
Reports About Paxil Cases In Boston, Philadelphia, And Mississippi (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) To set the stage we start back in December 2005, when the FDA issued a News Release titled "FDA…
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Neurology Journal: Johnson & Johnson’s Drug Topamax May Increase Risk of Birth Defects
Beware If Taking This Seizure Medicine Alone Or With Other Epilepsy Drugs During Pregnancy (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The July 22, 2008 issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy…
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Verdict For Plaintiff McCarrell In New Jersey Accutane Trial
Jury Awards $2.6 Million For Inflammatory Bowel Disease Side Effect (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)_____________________________________________________________________ Update: Accutane Retrial Verdict: Roche Ordered to Pay $25 Million to Accutane User By David Voreacos and John…
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Anti-Epileptic Drugs Associated With Birth Defects And Fetal Death
Study Looks At Depakote, Dilantin, Tegretol, And Lamictal An August 8, 2006 article in the Los Angeles Times (LA Times) reports about a recent study involving four popular epilepsy drugs which found that one…
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Health Canada Issues Pregnancy Warning For Antidepressants
Newborns Whose Mothers Took SSRIs At Increased Risk Of Serious Lung Disorder On March 10, 2006 Health Canada issued a warning for women taking antidepressant drugs known as Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) —…
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March 2006 FDA “Patient Safety News” Videos For Doctors Online
Edition Covers Tamiflu, Paxil, Avandia, Amicar and Omacor Name Confusion, and More The FDA’s Patient Safety News (PSN) is a series of monthly video news shows intended primarily for doctors and other health care…
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“iPLEDGE” Registry for Accutane Patients Is Mandatory Starting In 2006
Primary Aim Is To Reduce Number Of Accutane-related Birth Defects Enrollment in the "iPLEDGE’ national registry for the anti-acne drug Accutane is mandatory starting January 1, 2006. This "iPLEDGE" registry concerns any and all…
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The Safety of Prescription Drugs During Pregnancy
FDA Uses Five Pregnancy Risk Categories At Present The FDA uses five risk categories to rank the safety of prescription drugs during pregnancy. In recent years, the FDA pregnancy risk categories have gone from…
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Paxil Label to Get an Increased Warning About Possible Birth Defects
Glaxo Says It Does Not Know Whether Paxil Causes Any Abnormality or Malformation in Babies A September 27, 2005 FDA MedWatch alert broadcast the news that GlaxoSmithKline Plc had sent a "Dear Doctor" letter…