No Sign That Antidepressants
in Pregnancy Harm Kids' Brains:
Study
Large Swedish study found no link between mom's use of the drugs and kid's intellectual disability
By Robert Preidt
WEDNESDAY, July 12, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- For women battling depression, the decision over whether or not to continue their antidepressant during a pregnancy can be a difficult one.
Now, reassuring news: A new study finds little risk of intellectual disability in children whose mothers take these pills while pregnant.
The data "provides more information for clinicians to evaluate the risks in pregnant women taking antidepressants," said study co-author Abraham Reichenberg. He is a professor of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York City.
The new findings "should be factored into other considerations, such as the increased risk for the mother if [she is] not medicated, the drug's side effects, and other medical conditions," Reichenberg explained in a hospital news release.
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