Heart Defects
Wellbutrin Linked To Serious Heart Problems For Newborns
Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 12th, 2011
2011 MAY 12 -- Wellbutrin (Bupropion HCI), which is manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, was first approved by the FDA as an antidepressant in December 1985. A new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology has suggested that women who use the antidepressant early on in the pregnancy have an increased risk of having a baby with a heart defect. Researchers found that more than 12,700 infants born from 1997 to 2004 in the United States whose mothers were taking Wellbutrin during the pregnancy, had more than double the risk of a heart defect known as left outflow defects.
Outflow Defect affects the blood-flow from the heart's left chambers...
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