Why? Because certain antidepressant drugs are known to trigger major birth defect injuries. An infant baby or newborn child suffering such birth defects may have to have surgery or even repeated surgeries to have a normal life -- or even just to have a chance to survive. Again, why? Because negligent manufacturers with an eye on profits instead of safety produced, marketed and sold such drugs to unsuspecting persons.

Which antidepressants can cause birth defects? Among them are Zoloft, Paxil, Prozac, Luvox, Celexa, Cipralex, Lexapro and Remeron. These are in the category of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRI. Also known to spur birth defect injuries are seizure drugs Topamax and Depakote and antidepressant drugs Effexor and Wellbutrin.

Birth defects caused by defective antidepressant drugs include congenital heart defects such as atrial septal defects, heart murmur and ventricular septal defects. They also can include lung injuries such as persistent pulmonary hypertension, or PPHN, as well as injuries to the spinal cord and abdominal wall. Other SSRI birth defects include cleft lip, cleft palate, “water on the brain” and craniosynostosis, which harms the skull and the brain. Such injuries are a serious trade-off for taking a medication to ease depression.

Research shows a definite connection between using certain antidepressant drugs or other drugs while pregnant and heightening the danger of brain, heart, lung and other birth defects in a baby or growing child. Thus, families who have endured a birth defect injury should not suffer in silence or alone. They should instead alert an experienced defective drug lawyer or birth defect lawyer to pursue financial compensation via a birth defect lawsuit.

An SSRI lawsuit or birth defect lawsuit can come from SSRI-Birth-Defect.com, a lawyer group helping Americans across the nation. You can learn more about antidepressant birth defect injuries by visiting its website, where you also can contact a defective drug attorney or birth defect lawyer.

In order to do this, simply fill out and submit the website’s free case evaluation form, or call, toll-free, to 1-800-519-4411. Rest assured that a legal representative will quickly respond to assist you in sizing up your chances for a birth defect lawsuit. Tiny babies and innocent children merit the economic recovery -- and justice -- which can arise from a defective drug lawsuit provided by a birth defect lawyer.