These observations are important for human health because
Zoloft is widely prescribed for a number of disorders other than depression," said Carol A.
In the suit filed on her daughter's behalf, the woman says the child was born in 2005 with a malformed anal opening after the mother was prescribed and took
Zoloft during pregnancy.
Pharmaceutical firm Pfizer supplied the
Zoloft, known generically as sertraline, and placebos for the study, but researchers said the company was not involved with any other part of it.
She "just needed some air" is her explanation for leaving her husband, Ricardo (Teddy Canez), and daughter, Jackie (Carmen Zilles), to pick up after themselves while she finds a safe spot where she can binge on chimichangas, her comfort food, and
Zoloft, her comfort drug.
A molecule like
Zoloft should be completely innocuous to a yeast cell, in the way that an antibiotic would be innocuous to a viral infection," says pharmacologist Ethan Perlstein of Princeton.
When Pfizer published only good news about
Zoloft, the company boosted doctors' confidence, and that confidence then made the drug more likely to help depressed patients.
Zoloft isn't a neuroleptic (anti-psychotic); it is an anti-depressant.
The NIH study associated anencephaly with Paxil and its generic forms and omphalocele with
Zoloft and its generic equivalents.
Popular SSRIs include Paxil,
Zoloft, Prozac, Lexapro and Celexa.
Private pathologist Dr Cyril Wecht found he had taken methadone along with antidepressants
Zoloft and Lexapro.
Pfizer Japan also announced that it received approval for Detrusitol Capsule 2mg/4mg, its proprietary agent for treating overactive bladder (OAB), and J
ZOLOFT Tablets 25mg/50mg, its proprietary antidepressant, on the same day.
Maia Szalavitz took heroin to stop depressing herself, and she now takes
Zoloft for the same reason.
