There are those women who plan on becoming pregnant – who take all the steps necessary to begin trying to conceive – and others who are surprised by their pregnancies. In either case, proactive medical care is essential to the health of the baby and the mother. For those planning their pregnancies, there are many steps that they take prior to conception including a preliminary doctor’s visit for a check-up and the adoption of preventative lifestyle changes including a better diet and the elimination of alcohol and caffeine.

In addition to these preliminary steps, however, it is important for those women who will soon begin trying to get pregnant to consider the medications that they are currently taking and whether or not they will support a healthy pregnancy and delivery, as well as not having any adverse effect on the baby once it is delivered.

Unfortunately, there is much that is not known about many of the medications that we take on a daily basis. For instance, Paxil® - a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) that is used by millions of people to treat depression and anxiety – is normally safe and effective, but if taken during pregnancy it has the ability to increase a woman’s risk of giving birth to a child with PPHN.

Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn, or PPHN, is a very serious condition wherein the natural breathing process of a newborn is compromised. Rather than arteries expanding to receive blood flow to and from the lungs, where it is oxygenated and then delivered throughout the body, arteries remain constricted and blood flow is inhibited. The result of PPHN – sometimes even with aggressive treatment – is respiratory distress and even failure.

With such possibilities connected to the use of Paxil® during pregnancy you would think that pregnant women – and soon to be pregnant women – are warned against taking the drug. But the truth is that information is not as forthcoming as it should be; women who are considering becoming pregnant should be sure to examine the risks of their current medications including Paxil®.

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When we are in the hospital facing a medical crisis with which we are unfamiliar, any support that is forthcoming is more than welcome. This is especially so when it comes to parents that are dealing with their sick child. Not only are there the obvious emotional ramifications of such an experience but there is the logistics of handling finances, medications, and the often difficult to understand terminology of the medical community.

For parents dealing with a condition known as PPHN - Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn – any support they receive is helpful in navigating them through this difficult time. PPHN is a disease that affects a newborn’s ability to breathe normally; arteries that typically expand after birth to receive the flow of blood to and from the lungs remain constricted and blood is not able to flow as it normally would. Without the blood reaching the lungs where it can be oxygenated the baby is vulnerable to respiratory distress and even respiratory failure.

PPHN has been linked to the mother’s taking of Paxil® during pregnancy – an otherwise safe and effective drug that is used to treat depression and anxiety. While Paxil® typically has little to no side effects under normal conditions, it has been shown to cause a six-fold increase in the incidence of PPHN in pregnant women.

Paxil® attorneys in California are often able to offer support under these circumstances. They work with families that have been impacted in some way by PPHN and help them to navigate the often complex medical world, as well as seek the financial restitution that they deserve. In addition to their work on a legal front – helping families affected by PPHN - Paxil® attorneys in California have been instrumental in drawing more attention than ever to PPHN and the possible ramifications of Paxil® use during pregnancy.

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We are a culture that is highly reliant upon our news sources. From television to newspapers – and most significantly, the Internet – we are dependent on getting the news at every moment and constantly being updated on the local and national state of affairs. Savvy organizations know that in order to best disseminate information they must ensure that such information makes its way to the airwaves and the Internet.

Paxil® attorneys in California are engaged in such a process in working to bring a condition known as Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn (PPHN) to the forefront. PPHN is a condition that – as its name suggests – effects newborn babies. Under normal conditions, when a baby is born, they stop receiving oxygen from their mother through the umbilical cord. Instead, their arteries – that were constricted during their time in the womb – expand to receive blood flow to and from the lungs and breathing commences.

With PPHN, however, the baby’s arteries remain constricted and blood flow is inhibited. Blood, therefore, does not reach the lungs and the oxygenation that would normally happen in order to deliver oxygen throughout the body – does not occur. Babies suffering from PPHN are at risk for respiratory distress and even failure.

In the early 2000s, there was a report released that established a connection between PPHN and the mother’s taking of Paxil® during pregnancy. While Paxil® is typically a safe and effective Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) used to treat depression and anxiety, its effects during pregnancy are decidedly more dangerous.

While the PPHN/Paxil® connection was established, this information has failed to adequately reach pregnant women and their caregivers. Paxil® attorneys in California work with women that continued to take Paxil® during their pregnancies and subsequently gave birth to children with PPHN. Most importantly, Paxil® attorneys in California are interested in making sure that this information reaches news sources so that society at large – and pregnant women and their caregivers specifically – can be better informed.

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There are many things in this world to which we are vulnerable; a large percentage of which are simply out of our control including environmental elements. But there are some things which are completely in our control although we may be unaware of that fact until we are presented with the information. Without this information, however, we are left exposed to the possible ramifications of our actions.

Paxil® is an extremely popular medication on the market today; part of the class of drugs known as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) and used to treat depression and anxiety in millions of people worldwide. In general, Paxil® is both effective in its goals and rather innocuous when it comes to side effects; most people suffer little to no side effects and certainly nothing that would stop them from taking a medication that helps them to counter their feelings of depression.

But on closer examination – something which many of us fail to do when taking prescription drugs – it is evident that Paxil® may not be so harmless after all; especially when it comes to taking the drug during pregnancy. In fact, the taking of Paxil® during pregnancy has been shown to increase a women’s likelihood of giving birth to a baby that suffers from Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn – or PPHN.

PPHN inhibits the natural breathing process in newborns. Instead of their arteries expanding in order to receive the flow of blood to and from the lungs, a child with PPHN experiences a continued constriction of the arteries; blood is not able to flow to the lungs and become oxygenated as it should and the baby is left vulnerable to respiratory distress and even respiratory failure.

The evidence that connects the taking of Paxil® during pregnancy is too strong to ignore; the onset of PPHN has been shown to be six times as likely if a woman takes Paxil® during her pregnancy – staggering statistics that should not be ignored.

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With so many pharmaceuticals lining our drugstore shelves in the modern world, it’s a wonder that we give any thought at all to the medications that we take on a daily basis. And in many cases, we don’t. It seems as though if there is an affliction there is a medication to match; and under most circumstances we are very much used to having a pharmaceutical component in our everyday lives.

And so, we are often surprised when we discover that such medications are not, in fact, safe in all situations. We expect our caregivers to give us the potential side effects – or at the very least, the packaging that comes with the medication. But for pregnant women the possible repercussions are even more serious; when information is lost in the shuffle, women and babies suffer.

PPHN or Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn is a serious condition that affects a newborn’s ability to breathe normally. While the arteries of a newborn baby normally expand following birth, with PPHN the baby’s arteries remain constricted and blood is unable to flow to the lungs. Babies with PPHN can become very ill, suffering respiratory distress and even respiratory failure.

The most upsetting part about PPHN is the fact that it is linked to the taking of Paxil®, one of the most commonly prescribed Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) on the market that is used to treat depression and anxiety. While Paxil® is normally essentially safe – with little to no side effects – it has not fared so well during pregnancy. Women who take Paxil® during pregnancy have been found to be six times more likely to give birth to a child with PPHN.

Paxil® attorneys in California that represent families affected by PPHN hope to get these families the financial restitution they need to care for their child. But more than that, by bringing the subject to the forefront, Paxil® attorneys in California make sure that pertinent information is not lost.

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When it comes to any illness, we would certainly choose to be in a position to prevent it rather than be in the position to have to deal with something that has already presented itself. But in order to be most successful at prevention we have to know the possible causes of particular illness and without that information we are only guessing.

Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn – or PPHN – is an illness that can at least be partially prevented. PPHN is a serious condition that affects newborn babies – thwarting their otherwise natural ability to pump blood to their lungs where it is oxygenated. With PPHN, a newborn’s arteries remain constricted after birth and the result can be respiratory distress or even failure.

Certainly, any parent who is fully aware of the possible causes of such a devastating disease would avoid such triggers to the best of their ability. But, again, without that information, it is certainly more difficult.

One of the causes of PPHN is the mother’s taking of Paxil® during pregnancy – an otherwise safe medication used to treat depression and anxiety. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) such as Paxil® are generally taken with no ramifications; side effects are minimal and, for most people, if any side effects do exist they are well worth the relief of their symptoms of depression and anxiety.

But what Paxil® attorneys in California have come to understand – having worked with so many families impacted by PPHN – is that continuing to take Paxil® during pregnancy, or beginning to take it during the pregnancy – increases a baby’s risk of PPHN six-fold. Reports of this nature were released in the early 2000s but information has been slow to reach women and their caregivers. Paxil® attorneys in California have brought this topic to the forefront in hopes of establishing better means of prevention.

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Pregnancy requires consistent and proactive medical care in order to ensure the health of the mother and the baby. Without this care, there is risk to both mother and baby and many vulnerabilities lie ahead. For women without health insurance, receiving the proper prenatal care can be a challenge, and quite often they skip their regular doctor appointments for which they cannot afford to pay. This puts babies at higher risk for a variety of birth defects, and without the information women need, their children may be subject to a host of conditions including something called PPHN.

Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn (PPHN) is a very serious condition that may result in respiratory failure for an infant; the result of their arteries remaining constricted after birth and inhibiting blood flow to the lungs and throughout the body. What many people do not realize is that PPHN has been strongly linked with the taking of Paxil® during pregnancy, an otherwise safe and effective Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) used to treat depression and anxiety.

Studies have shown that a pregnant woman who takes Paxil® during her pregnancy is more at risk – nearly six times more at risk – of giving birth to a baby with PPHN. Clearly, women that are given such information ahead of time would take more care in deciding whether to take Paxil® during their pregnancies.

But those women who are not receiving ongoing medical care are at risk for a number of different issues; and lack of information is among them. Pregnant women who are taking Paxil® and have not seen a doctor – or informed a doctor of their medications – are missing out on key information that could ultimately save their baby’s life. Paxil® attorneys in California help families impacted by PPHN and work to make sure that women and health care providers have all the information they need to make educated decisions regarding pregnancy.

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As the saying goes, without fully understanding history we are destined to repeat it; and this philosophy can be applied to nearly any area of our lives. After all, without an education – or the proper tools in hand to make informed decisions – we are likely to repeat the same cycles over and over again. This is the philosophy that Paxil® attorneys in California have in mind as they collect the information necessary to warn pregnant women about the connection between taking Paxil® during pregnancy and a disorder known as PPHN.

PPHN – or Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn – is a serious and sometimes deadly disease that impacts newborn babies. When babies are born their arteries automatically expand allowing them to begin pumping blood on their own; this blood is pumped to the lungs where it becomes oxygenated before it is passed throughout the body. With PPHN, the arteries of newborns remain constricted and blood is unable to flow to the lungs. The ramifications of PPHN can be disastrous, including respiratory distress and even failure.

What is even more startling is the fact that PPHN has been linked to the taking of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) such as Paxil® during pregnancy. In fact, the taking of Paxil® during pregnancy increases the risk of PPHN six fold. Yet, even though this study was released in the early 2000s, far too few doctors are aware of the connection, and even fewer pregnant – or soon to be pregnant – women know the facts.

Paxil® attorneys in California help families that have been affected by PPHN; helping them get the medical help that they need and the financial restitution to help pay for such care. But on a grander scale, Paxil® attorneys in California understand that by bringing each personal story to the forefront, they are shining a light on the issue at large.

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There is no feeling of hopelessness like that of a parent watching their child suffer. For parents of newborns suffering from PPHN - Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn – the devastation is even more profound, as the condition manifests itself during the baby’s first few days of life when proud and ecstatic parents are typically bonding with their babies.

With PPHN, however, the baby’s arteries which would typically expand to allow blood flow to the lungs once they are born, remain constricted (as they are in the womb) and the blood is not able to travel to the lungs to become oxygenated. Babies with PPHN suffer severe respiratory distress and some even succumb to respiratory failure. There are several causes of PPHN, but one of the most alarming is the connection between PPHN and the taking of a very common drug during pregnancy - Paxil®.

Paxil®, like other Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) of its kind, is generally a safe and effective drug that is used to treat depression and anxiety in millions of people worldwide. But while Paxil® is typically safe – with limited side effects – under normal circumstances, it has shown to be far less innocuous during pregnancy. Studies have shown that women who take Paxil® during pregnancy are six times as likely to give birth to a child that suffers from PPHN; odds that most women, armed with the proper information, would not risk.

The problem is that most pregnant – or soon to be pregnant – women are not receiving this information and are making uninformed decisions regarding Paxil® use during pregnancy. In fact, in some cases doctors are still prescribing Paxil® during pregnancy or advising those women who had been taking Paxil® up until they became pregnant to continue taking it. Paxil® attorneys in California that work with families that have been impacted by PPHN are working to ensure that information is disseminated properly and that pregnant women and their healthcare providers have all the tools to make informed decisions.

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Our society is one that is so reliant upon the drug industry that we hardly give any thought to the pills we put in our mouth on a daily basis. There is no question that we are incredibly lucky to live in a time that gives us so many healthcare options. Pharmaceuticals are able to treat disease that would have once meant death for many people; so certainly on that front we are quite fortunate to live in such a medically advanced time. But with so many choices available many of us have become quite apathetic about educating ourselves on our pharmaceuticals. And drug companies – recognizing our lack of desire to learn more – have been less than forthcoming about some of the possible side effects of many popular medications.

Paxil® for example, is one of the most popularly prescribed antidepressants on the market today with literally millions of people taking it on a daily basis to treat depression and anxiety. Paxil®, like other Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) of its kind, has been safe and effective for the most part, with very few users complaining of any serious side effects. But for pregnant women, the ramifications of Paxil® use can be quite significant indeed – starting with a little known condition named PPHN.

PPHN – or Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn – is a rather rare condition that affects newborn babies. With PPHN the arteries of the newborn remain constricted after birth – while normally they would expand to receive blood flow. The result is that blood is not able to reach the lungs and become oxygenated and respiratory distress, or even failure, is possible. While some pregnant women may have heard of PPHN, what may not be known is that its onset has been linked to the taking of Paxil® during pregnancy.

The information linking Paxil® use during pregnancy and PPHN has been out for years but there has not been an adequate push to inform the public. Paxil® attorneys in California are working to make sure that information is given to pregnant women and their doctors and that more light is shed on this important topic.

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