Researchers at Aarhus University, in a study of 1,005,319 pregnancies from the nationwide Danish registries, found that any prescription of antipsychotic medications redeemed by pregnant women from 1997 to 2008 was associated with a 2X greater risk of stillbirth.
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why am i not surprised? for big pharma it’s no worries. they already made their cash. the study comes too late. greed is a sin
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I am sure this is because their “disease” caused them to miscarry in some way. It could not be the drugs, because that would mean the authorities would have to actually think about what they’re doing to people’s bodies.
Or else they’ll say, “Oh, it’s very said, but the benefits outweigh the risks.”
—- Steve
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Seriously, who prescribes an “anti-psychotic” to a pregnant woman? Or to anyone at all for that matter?
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Once on an antipsychotic it is tough to get off. So say an 18 year old is having a tough time and the psychiatrist gives them abilfy, or zyprexa, or whatever. well, your basically saying oh ya and that whole reproducing thing? not for you. MORE research like this needs to come out!!!
I repeat: once on these things, it is hard to come off without brutal withdrawal!!!!
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I have shared my feeling that the Phenergan I was prescribed for 5 months during my son’s pregnancy for severe morning sickness ( that landed me in the hospital with dehydration ) caused his developmental/neurological/spectrum issues…This study confirms what I already feared….it makes me sick that any woman of childbearing age does not know the effects of these drugs on her baby…I found out later that there were non-drug alternative treatments that I was not offered…that I used successfully in my second and third pregnancies…This sickens me…thank you for getting the word out to people.
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the sad part is that psychiatrists don’t really care about one study like this. cognitive dissonance. thats why we need more studies
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