There are so many things that most of us do before we consider getting pregnant – we visit the doctor to make sure that our blood pressure, our weight, and our overall health is good; we stop drinking or quit the smoking habit if we are still addicted; we even begin taking pre-natal vitamins to make sure that we are in the optimum condition to carry a healthy child. But what many of us fail to do is gather all the information that could possibly affect our pregnancy and the health of our newborn baby – and this includes reading up on any medications that we are currently taking to determine their possible effects on pregnancy. This does not mean relying solely on our doctors to tell us what these effects may be; but as it stands there are many doctors that are still prescribing – or giving the go-ahead to still take – medications that could conceivably be harmful during pregnancy.

Consider Paxil® for instance. Paxil® is a widely popular drug taken by millions of people around the world. It is used to treat depression and anxiety disorders and is quite effective in this regard; often with little to no side effects. But when taken during pregnancy, Paxil® has been known to cause a little discussed condition known as PPHN.

Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn – or PPHN – is an extremely serious condition that affects a newborn baby’s ability to breathe on its own and deliver oxygen throughout its own body. While arteries in a baby’s body normally expand following the birth process (this expansion allows for blood to begin to flow normally to and from the lungs so that the blood can become oxygenated and deliver oxygen throughout the body), in a baby with PPHN the arteries remain constricted. Respiratory distress is even possible for those children with PPHN and medical intervention is imperative.

Paxil® attorneys in California work with families that are struggling with PPHN. But the best course of action is to avoid altogether the ramifications of Paxil® use during pregnancy by gathering the information you need before choosing to become pregnant.

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When we are wronged in some way we often try to find justification for the event. And in some cases we may even seek financial restitution from those who have wronged us – especially if their actions caused us or someone we love to be hurt or become ill. There is nothing worse than knowing that an illness or injury could have been avoided had someone acted more responsibly. And when the victim turns out to be a newborn baby, the pain for parents is even more significant.

Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn, or PPHN, is a condition that affects newborn babies; a very rare but very serious condition that impact a child’s ability to breathe normally on their own. While a baby is its mother’s womb, it receives all of its oxygen from its mother – through the umbilical cord. Arteries that would normally carry blood and oxygen are constricted, as blood flow is not necessary while the baby is still inside its mother. However, when the baby is born, these arteries immediately expand so that blood can begin to flow to and from the lungs and oxygen can be delivered throughout the body. With PPHN, however, these arteries do not expand; they remain constricted and blood flow is seriously inhibited. The result of PPHN can be respiratory distress and even respiratory failure and organ failure.

Parents who are dealing with the disastrous effects of PPHN already have their plates full but when they realize that PPHN can be caused by the mother’s taking of Paxil® during pregnancy, they may be overloaded with emotion. Paxil® is normally a safe and effective drug used to treat depression and anxiety. But since the early 2000s it has been reported that the taking of Paxil® during pregnancy can trigger conditions such as PPHN. Yet women are still being prescribed Paxil® or told that it is acceptable to continue taking it during the pregnancies. Paxil® attorneys in California work with these parents to help recover damages.

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In the last post we discussed the importance of information gathering when it comes to being advocates for our medical care – as well as the medical care required by those that we love. Being thrown into a medical crisis, such as that experienced with a baby diagnosed with Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn – or PPHN – requires parents to navigate unfamiliar territory; working with doctors, going over insurance paperwork, and of course, gathering as much information about PPHN as they can so they are able to get their child the very best medical treatment.

Because one of the causes of PPHN is the mother’s taking of Paxil® during pregnancy, many parents of children with PPHN may find themselves also working with Paxil® attorneys in California – lawyers that will help to get them financial restitution that can ultimately help to fund the medical care needed by their child and also offset the loss of wages sure to be experienced by those parents who find themselves in the hospital for an extended period of time as they stay with their baby.

But Paxil® attorneys in California are also a viable source of information regarding the most up to the minute news on PPHN. Because Paxil® attorneys in California are working with families dealing with PPHN they are dealing with the pharmaceutical companies, as well as the medical community, on a day to day basis. They can be an enormous resource for parents who are finding it difficult to gather the information they need and still remain as emotionally strong as they need to be for their children. In situations such as this it is imperative that parents get as much as help as possible; various resources are necessary in order to get the most information as possible and continue to get the appropriate medical care; Paxil® attorneys in California can help.

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When we are involved in a medical crisis, we become our own advocates – or advocates for the people we love. In this role, we deal with doctors and other medical professionals, handle an inordinate amount of paperwork, and generally become highly skilled at information gathering. After all, if we do not have the necessary information in hand how can we expect to understand what it is that is being told to us by our doctors; and further, without the latest information at our disposal, how can we be sure that we are asking the appropriate questions?

Information is crucial to getting the most from our medical care and for ensuring that we are always on top of what is being told to us and even what is being done to us or to our family members. Remaining in the dark is no way in which to go about being proactive in our own medical care – and is even more detrimental when it comes to dealing with the medical care of our children.

When it comes to a condition known as Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn – or PPHN – information gathering is par for the course. PPHN is a little known disease that is actually quite rare; but when it strikes it can have deadly consequences. In children that have PPHN, the arteries that would typically expand following the birth process – so that blood can flow to and from the lungs and the natural breathing process can commence – remain constricted (as they are when the baby is in the womb). The result of this constriction is lessened blood flow and therefore less oxygen delivered throughout the body.

Parents with children with PPHN may be surprised to discover that one of the causes of the condition is the mother’s taking of Paxil® during pregnancy. In this situation, Paxil® attorneys in California have been able to work with families to help gather the information necessary to remain proactive.

In the second part of this article, we’ll discuss the role that Paxil® attorneys in California play in helping families with PPHN.

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In the last post we discussed how different attorneys are needed for very specific needs and how we may go through life not knowing about one particular sect of law until it impacts us directly. Such is the case with Paxil® attorneys in California – a specific attorney that many people turn to when their family has been affected by a condition known as PPHN.

Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn – or PPHN – is a disease that affects newborn babies. Mothers that are told that it is safe to continue – or start – taking Paxil® during their pregnancies have been shown to be six times as likely to give birth to a child with PPHN; information that was released in the early 2000s. Even with such information, many pregnant women are not being given all the facts and they are continuing to take what is ordinarily a relatively safe and effective medication.

But when Paxil® use results in PPHN, a baby’s arteries, which would normally expand after birth so that blood can flow to and from the lungs and deliver oxygen throughout the body, remain constricted – as they are when the baby is in the womb. This artery constriction in turn constricts blood flow and oxygen is not able to be delivered throughout the body as it normally would. PPHN is a very serious condition that can result in a variety of problems including respiratory distress and even respiratory failure, organ damage and organ failure. Babies with PPHN must be treated aggressively and comprehensively and even with treatment some babies do not survive.

Parents of children with PPHN seek out Paxil® attorneys in California for their expertise regarding the pharmaceutical industry and the way in which information is not being disseminated properly to pregnant women and their caregivers. Together, families and their attorneys are seeking financial restitution and calling for more comprehensive communication from the pharmaceutical and medical communities.

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There are many reasons throughout our lifetime that some of us may choose – or need – to engage the services of an attorney. Of course all of us hope that we will only have to participate in such a relationship under happy circumstances – the purchase of a home, the opening of a business, and the myriad details for which we need legal guidance throughout the course of a year. Some of us are so engaged in such details that we have formed personal relationships with one particular attorney and essentially have them – or their firm – on retainer to complete the many legal tasks which we face.

But as we all know, there are just as many times during our life when we may be in need of an attorney for less than happy occurrences – divorce, death, bankruptcy, and personal injury, to name a few. These are the times in which we need very specific skills to help us navigate a particular path and finding the right attorney will take some legwork.

Of course there are many specialties of the law that we don’t know anything about until it pertains to us specifically. Such is the case of Paxil® attorneys in California – lawyers that specialize in the law pertaining to pharmaceuticals and how those pharmaceuticals have impacted the health of those taking particular drugs. Paxil® is a normally safe medication – a part of the family of drugs known as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) – that is used to treat depression and anxiety related disorders. Millions of people take Paxil® on a daily basis and most have little to no side effects. But there are instances where the taking of Paxil® has an adverse effect on the health of the user and Paxil® attorneys in California are sought out for their expertise – as in the case of a disease known as PPHN.

In the next post, we’ll discuss the particulars of PPHN and how Paxil® attorneys in California can help those that have been affected.

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In the last post I discussed a woman that I had recently befriended; a woman who was dealing on a day to day basis with the reality that her six month old son was sick with a disease known as PPHN or Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn.

I had not ever heard of PPHN before my experience with this woman; I did not know of the repercussions of PPHN and how the arteries of a newborn baby remain constricted even after birth when they would normally expand to receive blood flow; did not know that this constriction would essentially stop the blood from flowing to the lungs where it would normally receive oxygen that it would deliver to the rest of the body; and did not know that the effects of PPHN are commonly respiratory distress and organ damage, and sometimes even respiratory and organ failure.

Certainly PPHN is bad enough and anyone who has to suffer through the pain of having a sick child will certainly attest to the fact that there is quite enough on their plates already. But when I heard from my new friend the possible cause of her son’s PPHN I was devastated for her. PPHN has been connected to the taking of very common Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) that are used to treat depression and anxiety. In my friend’s case, she had been taking Paxil® before her pregnancy with no notable side effects and was told that continuing to take her medication would have no impact on her pregnancy or newborn baby.

But since the early 2000s, she has come to find out, there has been medical warnings issued regarding the connection between Paxil® use (and other SSRIs) and the incidence of PPHN. In fact, there has been shown a six-fold increase in the incidents of PPHN when the mother takes Paxil® during pregnancy.

My friend is getting through it as best she can with a lot of help and her son has been given a very positive prognosis going forward. To date, she is working with Paxil® attorneys in California to state her case in the hope of warning pregnant women everywhere about the possibility of PPHN.

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I recently became friends with a woman whose child is very sick. In fact, I had seen this woman when she was pregnant – out walking with her husband in the neighborhood quite a bit, awaiting the birth of their first child. I did not become friendly with her until we joined the same book club in the area; I joined to support my love of reading, and she said she joined to mitigate some of the stress that was now in her life on a daily basis. As we became friendly and began sharing pieces of our lives, she filled me in on the birth of her son and how he had been facing medical crises ever since. The baby was now six months old but had already faced severe respiratory distress and required medical intervention to alleviate the stress on his organs; all from a disease I had never heard of called PPHN.

PPHN stands for Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn, a very serious disease that affects newborn babies and their otherwise innate ability to deliver oxygen throughout the bloodstream. A baby’s arteries are constricted while they are in the mother’s womb; this is because they do not need to breathe on their own. Their arteries only expand once they are born and can no longer rely upon the oxygen being delivered to them through the umbilical cord. The arteries expand and then blood is able to flow to and from the lungs where it receives oxygen that it then delivers throughout the body.

With PPHN, however, the arteries of the newborn baby remain constricted and blood is not able to flow as it should. This means that the blood does not receive the oxygen that it needs, and in turn, the rest of the body is deprived the oxygen it would normally be delivered.

I was really surprised to learn all of this information about PPHN but even more surprised to learn the cause of it in the case of my new friend – her Paxil® use.

In the next post, I’ll share more that I learned from this up-close look at PPHN.

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Pharmaceutical companies are the entities in this country that seem to have quite a bit of power – and quite a hold on us. After all, there have been medications produced that have allowed those of us with conditions that would have once killed us, the ability to live normal lives. We are indeed fortunate to live in a time period in which we are able to treat so many diseases and illnesses so effectively.

With the creation of such pharmaceuticals comes great responsibility, especially as – in the effort to mitigate particular conditions – side effects can be experienced. Generally speaking these are side effects that are known prior to the consumer taking the drug and that are acceptable to him or her in weighing the risks versus the benefit of maintaining their health.

In pregnancy, however, there is another factor to consider – the health of the baby and the mother. And while some drugs may be perfectly safe under normal circumstances, they may become dangerous under the condition of pregnancy. This is, unfortunately, the case with Paxil® use.

Paxil® is a typically highly effective medication used to treat depression and anxiety in millions of users worldwide. But, like with many other Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) of its kind, Paxil® can have adverse consequences when a mother takes the drug during pregnancy, including a condition known as Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn, or PPHN.

PPHN affects newborn babies and can thwart their natural ability to breathe on their own after birth and circulate blood to the lungs. The results of PPHN can be dire and even with treatment some babies with PPHN can suffer respiratory failure.

Paxil® attorneys in California are adept at helping families of PPHN babies get the financial restitution they deserve and learn more about this condition about which far too little information has been shared.

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As parents we will fight to the end of the earth to ensure that our children get what they need when they most need it. This is especially true when a child is in a medical crisis. This is a time when they need us the most and it is our job as parents to find a way to deliver them the medical care that they need as quickly as possible. When a newborn baby is impacted by illness, parents are often left utterly confused and unsure of where to turn. What was supposed to be such a joyous time has turned into something very different, and the road ahead is not what was expected. Parents in such a situation need help from all corners; and when it comes to a condition known as PPHN, help is often garnered from the legal, as well as the medical, community.

Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn – PPHN- affects a newborn’s pulmonary and cardiovascular function. While a baby is inside the womb there is no need for their body to have normal respiratory function, as they are receiving their oxygen straight from their mother through the umbilical cord. But immediately upon birth, the baby’s arteries – that had been constricted inside the womb – expand so that blood flow can begin. Blood travels to the lungs, where it becomes oxygenated, and then delivers the blood throughout the body. With PPHN, however, the arteries remain constricted and the blood is unable to flow as it should.

Subsequently, children with PPHN often suffer respiratory distress and can even suffer respiratory failure. For parents, it becomes about getting their child the medical care that they need to not only survive – but thrive. Paxil® attorneys in California help parents with the financial aspect of this process if the mother took Paxil® during her pregnancy.

This is because Paxil®, an antidepressant that millions of people take worldwide, has been shown to have a connection to PPHN in women who took the drug while pregnant.

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