Austin, TX (Business Wire) 27 September 2010

The company Hissey Kientz, LLP is pleased to announce the launch of its new website, (announce http: / / www.paxilbirthdefectslawyers.com/) Paxil Birth Defects lawyers. The website will serve as a source of information for birth parents and families of children with birth defects related to their mothersâ? the use of Paxil during pregnancy.

Paxil belongs to a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor of serotonin (SSRIs). After initially went on the market in December 1992, Paxil was one of the most commonly prescribed drugs to the United States with annual sales of 0.2 billion in 2002.

Several studies have shown that children of mothers who took Paxil during pregnancy is an increased risk of major birth defects. In December 2005, the Food and Drug Administration for stronger warnings on druga birth defect called? S label after two studies showed that the risk of Paxil birth defects doubled, when taken by women in the first trimester of pregnancy. Most of these birth defects associated with cases of atrial and ventricular septal defect (holes in the walls of the chambers of the heart).

Paxil has also associated with an increased risk of birth defects if taken late in pregnancy have been linked. found a 2006 study in the New England Journal of Medicine that women taking antidepressants like Paxil or after 20 Week of pregnancy to carry six times more likely to give birth to a child with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn babies are born (PPHN), a condition, breathing problems and traffic that can lead to hospitalization or death causes.

On Paxil during pregnancy may also lead to a number of other serious heart defects in newborns, including cardiomyopathy, tricuspid stenosis, cleft mitral valve, hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), Hypoplastic be linked to right heart (HRHS), bicuspid aortic valve or ductus arteriosus (PDA).

documents in the ongoing trial of GSK [Paxil] Product Liability Litigation (MDL 1574) discovered showed] that GlaxoSmithKline, druga? S manufacturers to was the possible link between antidepressants and birth defects as early as 1980, but not recall, the drug or warn of the dangers that these risks have been released by researchers.

â? Despite evidence that Paxil may cause birth defects, GlaxoSmithKline, has deliberately decided not to study the true dangers of drugs, â discovered behavior? Hissey Kientz said David Friend of, LLP. â? It is impossible to say how many lives have been radically changed due to the corporate statutes? s Failure to follow the advice of experts and study the link between Paxil and birth defects.â ????

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, LLP (http://www.hkllp.com/) represents the case of Paxil and birth defects and those who have suffered side effects after taking Avandia, victims of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases recall, Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella pills birth control, overdose deaths Duragesic or fentanyl, DePuy hip surgery, acute phosphate nephropathy following product Fleet Phospho-soda cleansing of the colon, Digitek, Zicam, the patch Composix fall ball, MRI contrast agent gadolinium dyes Reglan, pursuit FELA railroad injuries, zinc cream for dentures, the control patch Ortho Evra birth and primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) caused by Fen-Phen and other defective drugs and devices. To learn more about the company and other drug cases, visit our website or call toll free at (866) 275-4454.


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