SALT LAKE CITY, April 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- Christian Delahunty blames Effexor for the September 2008 death of her six-week-old daughter Indiana. To those responsible for pushing Effexor on Christian and similar drugs on pregnant women across America, that may be "impossible" to prove.
Only with that mindset of denial could someone justify pushing for the passage of federal legislation called "The MOTHERS Act," which would increase the use of psychotropic drugs in pregnant and new mothers.
In 2007 Delahunty approached her doctor about whether she should stop taking Effexor because she wanted one more baby. He told her, "Oh no, you and the baby will be fine. There are no studies that prove that the Effexor is even transferred to the baby in utero or in the breast milk."
"Milk-to-plasma ratios" greater than 1 indicate that a medication is present in higher concentrations in breast milk than in maternal serum. Effexor's milk-to-plasma ratio has been observed at over 4.7 and is therefore not recommended for breastfeeding. Neonates cannot metabolize drugs as quickly as older babies or adults, they absorb more of the drug, and can have 10 to 30 times higher brain tissue concentrations than adults.
According to the Effexor label, animal studies of the drug during pregnancy and continuing through weaning resulted in an increase in stillborn pups, and an increase in pup deaths during the first five days of lactation. In a study of 150 pregnant women exposed to Effexor, 18 had miscarriages and seven had "therapeutic" abortions, while two of the babies had major malformations.
When Indiana was born, she had trouble breathing, scored low on her APGARs, and wouldn't cry. Indiana had to go to the NICU and returned to the doctor's office and hospital several times after going home for various health problems. Christian says Indiana was excessively sleepy and nearly impossible to feed.
On September 7, Christian nursed Indiana at 8 am and then put her down for a nap. Christian went back in at 10 and found she was not breathing.
Indiana was rushed to Children's Hospital by paramedics. The staff was finally able to revive her after 45 minutes and she spent the next five days on life support. But it was too late. Her brain had badly deteriorated. She died on September 13.
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What a wonderful video! Thank you for speaking out about this. I too know all too well about big pharma, and in addition to what I said in response to another person's comment on here, another element is drs WANT you on those drugs and like your experience, I was put on anything with little to no proper screening. I would lie to get higher dosages of adderall because of the meth like affects it had. I simply told my dr the low dose didn't seem to work, so they upped me, no questions asked. >:(
Thank you, thank you, thank you for speaking out. You will save more lives and young minds than you will ever know. We have to listen to our hearts and not what "everyone" says when it comes to the important stuff. Much happiness to you and your family.
I think their needs to be more midwives out there who actually care about mother and baby. And less babies being born in hospitals. as far as I am concerned doctors and hospitas didnt exist for the longest time and when a baby is healthly and the mom is healthy there is NO need for a maternity ward. I DO NOT trust them nor should anyone. their just out looking to make money... nothing more!!
Caring brings tears of bitterness. I'm so tired of crying. Why do I care so? Because I have been through nearly 12 years of over medicating and was told by my doctor, "Ms. A, You will never be well". I sit here and tell you that ONLY after I stopped taking antidepressants am I in wellness. THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE PRESCRIBING. Only and only after I looked up the Cymbalta & Effexor, and it came up MAJOR MAJOR DRUG INTERACTION did I stop taking meds. I sit in wellness & ready to fight.
I don't think you even had ppd it would be impossible to diagnose 5 days pp and given the panic of the child nearly dieing it was normal to be over protective and have a panic attack. Panic attacks are not always a sign of depression you should bring legal action against those doctors because that diagnosis was malpractice and its not as if you don't pay for the health care you recieve with bills so high you should have been properly assessed
Thanks for speaking up. I do so regularly to encourage people with mental illness, like me, to find healthy ways to balance their brain. After years of resistance to medication, I became desperate and gave in. I became a guinea pig for a psychiatrist. Eventually I listened to my own body and stopped medication in a way I felt was safe and appropriate. This may not be everyone's path, but it was mine, and I am so grateful. Today, I regulate my BPD through exercise and diet. Education is key!
There is no such thing as a side effect!! It is a effect of the drug that happens to people in studies! There is nothing rare about a effect! Any mind altering drug for any human being is a SCAM! There is NO DISEASE of human behavior! They are MAKING MONEY OFF OF YOU! They can not control chemicals in the brain by simply saying "Here take these" they have no way of studying YOU! They simply take your everyday occurrence and MAKE IT A DISEASE! Wake Up People! Health Reform could be coming!
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I sit in wellness & ready to fight.