New Study Says Antidepressant Use Is Safe During Pregnancy
The researchers also noted that “results were generally consistent across antidepressant medication classes, commonly used individual drugs, and gestational exposure windows.”Centers for Disease Control and PreventionPrevious data on antidepressant use has had mixed results—and has been a little controversial. Here’s what you need to know.“We have been waiting for a study such as this,” says Thea Gallagher, Psy.D.
“This will give women a lot of security around continuing their medication, because many people feel that they’re stuck between a rock and a hard place with antidepressant use during pregnancy,” she says., points out that “data and facts can provide a sense of comfort and more certainty” around any topic, especially when it comes to making decisions during pregnancy.
Ammon says it’s “monumental” to have these findings. “Instead of doctors simply providing reassurance that their patients will be safe during pregnancy, they can now provide data to back their statements,” she says. “Pregnancy is filled with uncertainty and scary thoughts, like, ‘What if this choice harms my baby?’ Individuals will often not know the impacts of most choices until they give birth or their child gets older.
She continues, “So many women are worried about harming their babies in utero and often have to choose between what they think comes down to their own mental health vs potential harm to the baby. Having hard data that shows that antidepressants are not linked to autism, ADHD, developmental speech and language delays, and other related disabilities should allay many of these fears.
But the data has mostly been observational and hasn’t controlled for other factors that could raise the risk of developmental, cognitive, or behavioral issues. “It’s important to look at data in context and control for confounding variables,” Gallagher says. Meaning, there are other risk factors for behavioral and developmental complications in children that pregnant patients taking medication may have had, and some of these studies haven’t accounted for them.
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