With more complaints and recent medical studies exposing birth defects in connection to Pfizer’s Zoloft, affected families have voiced their concerns and filed lawsuits against the negligent company.
An Already Troubled Past
In 1991, Pfizer started promoting Zoloft, an antidepressant, and the medication became one of the most popular depression medications in the U.S.; however, it was not long before the drug became linked to reports of serious birth defects in children who had been exposed to the drug in utero.
Birth Defects Linked to the Dangerous Drug
Birth defects connected to Zoloft can be life-threatening. These defects include:
- Clubfoot
- Craniosynostosis, a type of skull deformation that can affect a fetus’s growth and development
- Heart defects, including atrial septal defects, or holes in the heart
- Omphalocele, when a child’s internal organs form outside the body.
- Persistent pulmonary hypertension, a serious lung and heart disorder that can cause cyanosis, low blood-oxygen, rapid heart rate, rapid breathing, heart murmur and respiratory distress.
Has Your Newborn Been Harmed Due to a Dangerous Drug? Contact Us Today
As a parent, when your infant is injured due to someone else’s negligence, you are devastated. In addition to the pain endured by your newborn, family members carry their own emotional distress, such as rising healthcare costs, lifestyle changes, lost wages and the many other financial concerns that come with caring for a child with a birth injury.
Experienced birth injury attorney Ryan A. Krebs, M.D., J.D. is committed to defending the victims of birth injury. Throughout the country, Dr. Krebs, M.D., J.D. has represented individuals who are being faced with the emotional and financial hardships that are associated with birth injury.
If your loved one has been harmed due to a dangerous drug or is suffering from Erb’s palsy, shoulder dystocia or another type of birth injury, contact our experienced birth injury attorneys today at 1-800-460-0606 today for a free, no-obligation consultation.
Did You Know: In the U.S., for every 1,000 babies born every year, six babies sustain birth injuries.
