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Newborns of mothers steady antidepressants are more likely to wish dangerously high blood pressure in the lungs, according to a study published Friday in the British Medical Journal.

Taking in like manner-called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) -- in the same state as Prozac -- after the 20th week of pregnancy in greater numbers than doubled the risk, the study institute.

SSRIs are a class of compounds typically used to discuss depression, anxiety disorders, and some personal criticism disorders.

The study, led by Helle Kieler at the Karolinska Institute's Centre against Pharmacoepidemiology in Stockholm, looked at 1.6 the multitude single births between 1996 and 2007 in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

In the not special population, the number of newborns by the condition is 1.2 in 1,000, by a mortality rate among babies through high blood pressure in the lungs of 15 percent.

Newborns of more 17,000 mothers who filled with~ prescriptions for SSRIs before the eighth week of pregnancy showed a paltry increased risk of having the rank .

But for 11,000 expectant mothers who took the drugs rear week 20 of their pregnancies, the expose to danger more than doubled.

Even for this arrange, however, the absolute risk for newborns remained fairly reasonable: about three in 1,000, or a 0.2 percent, the researchers uttered.

Kieler nonetheless suggested that doctors who handle depression in pregnant patients consider a non-drug approach to the condition.

"As the endanger in association with treatment in tardy pregnancy seems to be more than doubled, we make acceptable caution when treating pregnant women by SSRIs," the researchers concluded.

The drugs analysed included fluoxetine, citalopram, paroxetine, sertraline, fluvoxamine and escitalopram. Fluoxetine is more completely known under the brand name Prozac.

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