Pregnancy and Antidepressants

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LOL--Not much of a web search needed on this one

FIRST--

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-01-31T210402Z_01_N31235651_RTRUKOC_0_US-DEPRESSION.xml

"CHICAGO (Reuters) -"We found that patients who stopped their antidepressant during pregnancy were five times more likely to have a return of depressive symptoms than those patients who had decided to continue (them) during pregnancy," said Lee Cohen, a doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston who led the research.

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Cohen said it appears that "pregnancy does not protect women against depression during pregnancy" through hormonal and other biological changes that occur.

The study, published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, said researchers have not found that antidepressants lead to major birth defects.

But it said several recent reports have found a possible tie between some drugs and a heart malformation and some distress among newborns exposed in the womb."

Now check this--

http://www.cnsspectrums.com/article.php3?id=495

Dr. Cohen has received grant support from AstraZeneca, Berlex, Eli Lilly, Forest, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, and Wyeth, is a consultant for Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, and Wyeth, and is on the Speaker’s Bureau of AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Forest, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Pfizer, and Wyeth.

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1. Question.... if DHA depletion is directly associated with post-

partum depression, why couldn't DHA deficiency be a causative factor in depression during pregnancy???

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2. Because

It can't be patented!!