The Treatment Of Paxil Birth Defects Lead To High Medical Costs 

There are families that are living with a newborn child that suffers from Paxil birth defects across this country. These families have learned, through the release of multiple studies, that having taken Paxil during the pregnancy, that the mother unknowingly increased the chances of giving birth to a child with health complications. For some families, this answers questions as to why their new child was having these health problems however, other families have not yet discovered that their child has Paxil birth defects. That's because there are many cases when Paxil birth defects do not become apparent right away and can take several years to manifest.

Regardless, the more people are made aware of the damages Paxil has caused, the more upset these past patients and the general public have become. The makers of Paxil, GlaxoSmithKline, bear a responsibility to their patients to warn them of any potential side effects of the drug. This is something they did not do in regard to Paxil birth defects. Paxil had been on the market 16 years before these studies were released that eventually led to the FDA reclassifying Paxil as a Category D drug. This reclassification reflects the risk to pregnant woman and now serves as a warning that women in the past were not given.

The are many different Paxil birth defects that can occur as a result of taking the drug, the majority of which affect the heart. They include such conditions as heart palpitations, bicuspid aortic valve, double outlet right ventricle, hypoplastic left heart syndrome but the health problems facing the children of women who took Paxil during the pregnancy go beyond just those related to the heart. Some of these children suffer from undescended testes, cleft lip, clubbed foot and craniosyntosis. As would be expected, the treatment of these Paxil birth defects is costly and puts a tremendous financial burden on the families.

Many of these families have sought the counsel of a Paxil attorney to advise of them of their legal rights. By winning a Paxil lawsuit against the makers of the drug, these victims are able to get some relief from the high medical bills that they're facing. Only a Paxil attorney will be able to offer the kind of insight necessary regarding a case of this nature. Their experience with the drug, the Paxil side effects and the complexities of a Paxil lawsuit prove to be essential to winning these cases.