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Mothers Act: Bad Movie Rerun

http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/04/mothers-act-bad-movie-rerun/

by Evelyn Pringle / April 15th, 2009

The promotion of the Mother’s Act is like a rewind of a bad movie dating back to the 1960’s when rock stars were singing songs about “mother’s little helpers.”

Women fought for years to gain acceptance of the fact that many female health problems were real and not symptoms of hypochondria. The psycho-pharmaceutical cartel’s profit-driven invention of an epidemic of pregnancy-related mental disorders will wipe out a century of work toward Continue reading

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SSRI Birth Defects — “I Had No Idea”

Source: http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/12082/birth-defects-ssri-side-effects-lexapro.html
By Lucy Campbell

Alameda, CA: Christy was taking an antidepressant when she became pregnant, and, like hundreds of women, didn’t think anything of it at the time. In fact, it was only recently when she started doing some research that she began to wonder if her daughter’s heart condition could be an SSRI birth defect.

birth defects SSRI side effects lexapro“My daughter was born about 5 weeks premature,” Christy said. “She was in the hospital for Continue reading

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Use of Antidepressants May Increase Risk of Heart Problems in Women, New Study Finds

Source: http://www.attorneyatlaw.com/2009/03/use-of-antidepressants-may-increase-risk-of-heart-problems-in-women-new-study-finds/

Drugs for the treatment of severe depression, which are prescribed to tens of millions of Americans each year, may increase the risks of sudden cardiac death and fatal heart disease in otherwise healthy women Continue reading

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SSRI birth Defects: Why Weren’t Warnings Issued Sooner? by Lucy Campbell

http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/11869/paxil-defects-birth-side-effects-12.html

Valley Home, AK: When Susan (not her real name) gave birth to her now 5-year old son, he had a lung and heart deformity. Susan had taken the anti depressant Zoloft, albeit briefly, during her pregnancy, and given all she’s subsequently read, now wonders if her son’s birth defects are Continue reading

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