Clinical Update 2024: Recommendations on the Use of Antidepressants in Women Taking Tamoxifen
While some antidepressants may affect the metabolism and efficacy of tamoxifen, many antidepressants can be used safely in this population.
While some antidepressants may affect the metabolism and efficacy of tamoxifen, many antidepressants can be used safely in this population.
Maternal SSRI use during pregnancy may be associated with altered brain development in children; however, this study cannot fully rule out contributions of confounding genetic and enviromental factors.
Maternal depression during the third trimester, not prenatal SSRI exposure, was associated with higher levels of internalizing and anxiety behaviors in children from 3 to 12 years of age.
All of our information on the reproductive safety of medications comes from non-randomized studies. However, many of these studies fail to take into consideration other factors associated with maternal psychiatric illness which may also affect outcomes.
Analyzing data from nearly 150,000 children with prenatal antidepressant exposure in two healthcare databases, a recent study finds no association between prenatal exposure to antidepressants and risk for neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Some studies have demonstrated associations between in utero exposure to antidepressants and cognitive outcomes.
While questions and controversies remain, the information on long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in children prenatally exposed to antidepressants is largely reassuring.
SSRI and SNRI antidepressants were not associated with an increased risk for gestational diabetes.