>We are seeing an increasing number of moms being on antidepressants, mostly
>Zoloft and Paxil, during their pregnancies.  It seems as if it is given to
>anyone that may be having a bad day when they see their doctor.  It may be
>the shortened length of time the doctors can spend with each patient, etc.
>but I see a very bad trend. We are also seeing an increasing number of
>babies of mothers taking these meds in pregnancy that are needing CPR after
>birth as they have very low Apgar scores.  They end up in the Special Care
>Nursery having symptoms of withdrawl.

I have been nomail on vacation for a week and this is the first
note I've seen on this topic. This is very frightening to me.
Are pregnant women on anti depressants more than other people,
or do we just notice it more because we're in this business?
Have these drugs been tested on pregnant women? On babies?
Are there long term effects? Is anyone even asking these questions?
What's going on here? How can we be so casual about this? (Yes, I'm
raising my voice, but trying not to shout)

Naomi Bar-Yam

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