Some Types Of Antidepressants Increase The Risk Of Miscarriage

Some Types Of Antidepressants Increase The Risk Of Miscarriage.
Women who convoy a assured class of antidepressants during pregnancy may increase their risk of having a abortion by 68 percent, Canadian researchers report. Antidepressant use is common during pregnancy, with up to 3,7 percent of women taking the drugs during the to begin trimester. Stopping treatment can lead to a return of depression and other symptoms, and aforesaid studies of the medications' effects on the fetus have been small and had contradictory results.

But the Canadian case-control look at on more than 5000 women found that by controlling for other factors associated with miscarriage, taking antidepressants known as choosy serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during pregnancy led to an increased risk of miscarriage. Up to 20 percent - or one spouse out of five - will suffer a miscarriage for various reasons during pregnancy. But the swat results suggest that SSRIs as a class increase that risk, according to lead researcher Anick Berard, an accomplice professor at the University of Montreal.

The results "are highly robust given the overweight number of users studied". In addition the study makes clear that the drugs, rather than the mothers' dejection and anxiety, are associated with an increased risk for miscarriage.

However, the author of an accompanying editorial famous that the finding is far from definitive. "This is an association, not a cause," said Adrienne Einarson, assistant chief honcho of the Motherisk Program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. "We still don't know if it's the downturn or the drug".

Also, the risk uncovered by the study is a very small one. "Less than twice as many women had miscarriages in the set apart with antidepressants as those who did not take antidepressants. It's a very small risk indeed, and it's not a intellect to stop taking an antidepressant if you need it".