{"id":32239,"date":"2025-07-21T22:23:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=32239"},"modified":"2025-07-21T22:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:26:05","slug":"f-d-a-panel-debates-black-box-warning-for-antidepressants-in-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=32239","title":{"rendered":"F.D.A. Panel Debates \u2018Black Box\u2019 Warning for Antidepressants in Pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An agency-sponsored forum included critics of psychiatry who believe the drugs can harm a developing fetus. Other experts said antidepressants were safe and necessary. <\/p>\n

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Over nearly four decades since Prozac was approved for the treatment of depression, waves of concern about the effects of antidepressants during pregnancy have resulted in a practical consensus: Though use of the drugs may be associated with a slight rise in the odds of birth defects, the risk of leaving a mother\u2019s depression untreated is often greater.<\/p>\n

But a high-level shift is taking place within the Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has made reducing the prescription of psychotropic drugs a policy priority.<\/p>\n

Among the select group of experts convened by the Food and Drug Administration on Monday to discuss the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy, around half said that women should receive a more clear and forceful warning about potential risks to the fetus.<\/p>\n

Andrew Nixon, an H.H.S. spokesman, said the agency would not comment on whether there were plans to require a so-called black box warning about the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or S.S.R.I.s, in pregnancy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In his introductory remarks, F.D.A. commissioner Dr. Marty Makary said that \u201csome women are not aware\u201d of the risks of taking antidepressants in pregnancy, suggesting openness to the idea. Around 5 percent of pregnant American women take antidepressants, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSerotonin might play a crucial role in the development of organs of a baby in utero,\u201d Dr. Makary said.<\/p>\n

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An agency-sponsored forum included critics of psychiatry who believe the drugs can harm a developing fetus. Other experts said antidepressants were safe and necessary. Over nearly four decades since Prozac was approved for the treatment of depression, waves of concern about the effects of antidepressants during pregnancy have resulted in a practical consensus: Though use of the drugs may be associated with a slight rise in the odds of birth defects, the risk of leaving a mother\u2019s depression untreated is often greater.But a high-level shift is taking place within the Department of Health and Human Services under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has made reducing the prescription of psychotropic drugs a policy priority.Among the select group of experts convened by the Food and Drug Administration on Monday to discuss the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy, around half said that women should receive a more clear and forceful warning about potential risks to the fetus.Andrew Nixon, an H.H.S. spokesman, said the agency would not comment on whether there were plans to require a so-called black box warning about the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or S.S.R.I.s, in pregnancy.In his introductory remarks, F.D.A. commissioner Dr. Marty Makary said that \u201csome women are not aware\u201d of the risks of taking antidepressants in pregnancy, suggesting openness to the idea. Around 5 percent of pregnant American women take antidepressants, he said.\u201cSerotonin might play a crucial role in the development of organs of a baby in utero,\u201d Dr. Makary said.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32241,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32239"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32242,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32239\/revisions\/32242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}