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Adverse Drug Reaction
Meta-analysis is inconclusive about antidepressant use and spontaneous abortion
June 23rd, 2005
According to a study from Canada, "Due to the high prevalence of depression in women of childbearing age and coupled with the fact that approximately >50% of the pregnancies are unplanned, there is a high chance that these women have been exposed to antidepressants in early pregnancy." M.E.H. Hemels and colleagues, University of Toronto, performed a meta-analysis of studies in the medical literature "to determine baseline rates of spontaneous abortions (SAs) and whether antidepressants increase those rates." "Rates of SAs in women taking antidepressants compared with nondepressed women were combined into a relative risk using a random effects...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-23)
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