Atrial Septal Defects
Normally, we take several drugs to kill bacterial infections, treatment of existing conditions, and help our bodies fight viruses. However, medicine is not always the good guy. There are some medicines prescribed by doctors dangerous and may cause serious birth defects when taken by pregnant or trying to conceive. In such cases, the innocent child who suffers. Probably the most famous of the congenital defect causing drug thalidomide is a teratogen. It started as a miracle drug that dealt with everything from insomnia to colds. Furthermore, thalidomide was prescribed for women to inhibit morning sickness. Unfortunately, when thousands of pregnant women took, they consigned their children to gross aberrations in their physical appearance. Thalidomide babies are characterized by abnormal appendices and more. Arms and legs can be shortened, flipper-like in appearance, and even omitted altogether. As use thalidomide is again in place for the treatment of ovarian cancer, Crohn’s disease and as an anti-tumor. Thus, pregnant women should be vigilant to stay away from this teratogen.
In order to treat acne serious dermatologists Accutane often prescribe the drug from the tetracycline family. Women who take Accutane must agree to use two types of birth control if they are of childbearing age while taking the medication. This is because the anti-acne pills can cause tragic birth defects. Use of Accutane has been linked to babies born with severe brain and heart defects, leading to mental retardation and other problems recorded 160. Thus, along with the two contraceptives, paxil birth defects Accutane have to submit to pregnancy tests every month of the drug.
Paxil is an antidepressant that can cause the event even more sad to birth defects. One study showed that women who took Paxil in their first trimester were up to 2x more likely to have a baby with birth defects. The odds of abnormal children up to 6x more likely when mothers took Paxil after twenty weeks of gestation. Paxil can cause seizures, holes in the heat, and even persistent pulmonary hypertension, or PPH. PPHN results in abnormal blood stream and may lead to death.
Medicines for blood pressure in the family of ACE inhibitors have been shown to increase the risk of congenital anomalies. These blood pressure lowering drugs include Zestril, Lotensin PRINIVIL and, among others. The studies concluded that ACE inhibitors during the second half of pregnancy leads to atypical renal function and renal anatomy, including irregular. Currently, containers of medicine have black box warnings that warn of using the drug during pregnancy, but is not as closely regulated as Accutane.