FREE CASE EVALUATION: 1-800-632-1404
Effexor birth defect lawsuits filed in the recent months have claimed serious blemishes, disability, life-threatening injuries, and death of babies born to mothers treated with the SNRI antidepressant. Fatal lung and heart disorders along with a number of physical deformities in newborns have been linked to Effexor use by pregnant women.
The economic recession led to the loss of job and despair on the family front, forcing 30-year-old Florida resident Jen into depression. She was four-month pregnant at that time, and continued depression could have posed serious health problems to the child in her womb. Jen took Effexor on her doctor’s prescription. She was not aware of any Effexor pregnancy-linked side effects and continued the SNRI antidepressant medication for a while. Five months later, she had the most harrowing experience of life to suffer.
According to the Effexor birth defect lawsuit filed recently by a woman, she gave birth to an “Effexor baby,” a common acronym used by the medical community to refer to babies born with serious birth defects because of exposure to the antidepressant in their mother’s womb. Doctors started preparing for emergency conditions as soon as she admitted to using Effexor antidepressant during her pregnancy. Her son was born with a fatal lung disorder called persistent pulmonary hypertension and could not breath without ventilator support. Cranial and cardiovascular deformities were also found in the newborn and he succumbed to Effexor birth defects within days.
An Ohio couple had filed a 17-count Effexor lawsuit claiming that their newborn daughter died because of multiple heart deformities linked to the mother’s intake of the antidepressant during the third pregnancy trimester. The infant had a hypoplastic heart with underdeveloped heart valves and artery, a condition that research reports linked to the antidepressant exposure during pregnancy. Wyeth, the Pffizer subsidiary and drug manufacturer, failed to alert adequately consumers about “dangerous birth heart defects associated with Effexor’s use during pregnancy or remedy the risks” for economic gains, the Effexor lawsuit alleges.
Effexor Baby Symptoms
Effexor pregnancy side effects may cause birth problems, such as the following birth defects:
- Fatal Effexor Birth Defects
ü Persistent pulmonary hypertension or no blood supply to the lungs
ü Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
ü Neural tube defects
ü Hypoplastic lungs
- Non-Fatal Birth Defects Requiring Surgical/ Medical Intervention
ü Premature birth and underdeveloped organs
ü Clubbed foot
ü Spina bifida
ü Gastroschisis, a type of genetic hernia
ü Anus and vertebra deformities
ü Cleft lip and cleft palate
ü Development and growth delays
ü Infant intestine damage
ü Enlarged heart
ü Septal heart and heart valve defects
ü Arterial and aorta malformations
ü Cranial malformations, macrocephaly, and brain cysts
ü Withdrawal symptoms, including irritability, jitteriness, and vomiting
ü Neurological disorders, including as tremors, convulsions, and floppiness
Effexor Birth Defect Lawsuits
The MDL panel has selected Penn state Judge Cynthia M. Rufe for pretrial consolidation of over 100 federal Effexor lawsuits filed in the United States. Plaintiffs allege the manufacturer disregarded public safety for commercial gains and aggressively marketed the drug without disclosing the risk of potential birth defects in newborns linked to Effexor’s use during pregnancy as indicated during clinical trials.
If you or a loved one took Effexor and a child was born with birth defects,please fill out the form to the right or call us so that we can provide you with forms to evaluate your potential case immediately. You may also visit our Effexor Birth Defect Lawsuit Information Source.
CALL: 1-800-632-1404
EMAIL: clicking here
FILL OUT THIS FORM FOR A FREE CONSULTATION AND CASE EVALUATION:
NOTE: Our team of attorneys will review potential cases for all fifty states, including Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin and Wyoming.