Concerns Rising Over Risk that Ozempic May Cause Birth Control to Fail
Health experts urge women not to use Ozempic or similar drugs to increase fertility, due to increased risks of birth defects and miscarriage.
Health experts urge women not to use Ozempic or similar drugs to increase fertility, due to increased risks of birth defects and miscarriage.
Findings come after numerous prior studies have also linked side effects of Depakote during pregnancy to an increase of autism, as well as other intellectual disabilities in children.
Use of buprenorphine, the active ingredient in Suboxone and other opioid addiction treatments, during the first trimester of pregnancy was associated with a lower risk of most congenital malformations than methadone.
Researchers believe they have identified a new specific syndrome linked to fentanyl pregnancy exposure, which can cause children to be born with cleft palate birth defects and an unusually small head.
Women who suffered numerous miscarriages after exposure to Camp Lejeune water contamination say they have been ignored by efforts to compensate victims.
Experts call for folic acid use both during pregnancy and before, since half of pregnancies in the U.S. are unplanned.
The study comes amid increasing concerns over lithium exposure, which has been linked not only to kidney injury, but birth defects as well.
The study also found increased risks of ADHD among children whose mothers used Topamax during pregnancy, and ADHD and anxiety among those who used Keppra XR.
Bendectin contains dicyclomine, an active ingredient used in the anti-nausea drug thalidomide, which was linked to severe birth defects.
The 2021 decision to dismiss all Zofran birth defect lawsuits was upheld, after the appeals court affirmed the FDA would not have let GlaxoSmithKline change the label warnings even if it had wanted to do so.