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    Is It Safe During Pregnancy? There’s An App for That

      January was Birth Defects Prevention Month, and MotherToBaby launched a free app  designed to provide evidence-based information to pregnant and breastfeeding women. There is Information on a broad range of medications, some herbal remedies, [...]

    Antidepressants and Risk of Spontaneous Abortion

    Although the last several decades of research have yielded important findings regarding the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy, some areas are still understudied.  For example, there are no conclusive results concerning the risk of spontaneous abortions following antidepressant exposure during the first trimester.  Several recent meta-analyses, including one from the Motherisk program (Hemels, 2005), have observed an increased risk of spontaneous abortion among women taking antidepressants.

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