The use of the drug Paxil® during pregnancy has been linked to Heart, Lung and other Serious Birth Defects in children.
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If you or your loved one used Paxil® during pregnancy and have a child that has Heart Defects or other Serious Birth Defects, you may have a legal claim against the maker of the drug Paxil® for your child’s condition.
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Heart, Lung and Other Birth Defects Linked to PaxilŽ
Many heart defects and birth defects in children have been linked to the use of PaxilŽ during pregnancy.
Some of the injuries are:
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
- A Ventrical Septal Defect (VSD)
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in Newborn (PPHN)
- Other Heart Defects
- Other Lung Defect
- Other Birth Defect
- Pulmonary Stenosis
- Pulmonary Atresia
- Tetralogy of Fallot
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Glaxo Must Pay $2.5M Over Paxil® & Birth Defects
A Pennsylvania state court jury deliberated seven hours before finding the drug maker failed to properly warn docs and pregnant women about the risks of the antidepressant. This was the first of 600 cases, by the way, Bloomberg reminds us.
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The jury awarded the money in compensatory damages to the family of Lyam Kilker; the 3‐year‐old was born with heart defects his mother blamed on the drug. “The first win is always huge, especially when you get a jury saying the drug caused the injury,” Sean Tracey, the family’s lawyer, tells the news service.
This is the first time a jury considered claims that Glaxo knew Paxil® caused birth defects and hid risks to increase profits. The drug maker disagrees with the verdict and will appeal, spokesman Kevin Colgan tells Bloomberg. “While we sympathize with Lyam Kilker and his family, the scientific evidence does not establish that exposure to Paxil during pregnancy caused his condition,” Colgan says.
The jurors found 10‐2 that Glaxo officials “negligently failed to warn” the doc treating Lyam’s mother about Paxil risks and concluded the pill was a “factual cause” of the child’s heart defects, Bloomberg writes, adding that the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court panel also found that Glaxo’s handling of the drug wasn’t “outrageous,” meaning the family couldn’t seek punitive damages against the drugmaker. Source
