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Details on Adverse Events
It would be very useful to get a bit more detail on the adverse events connected to the maternal use of citalopram during pregnancy reported to the Food and Drug Administration since 1998 ("Maternal Citalopram Tx Spurs Adverse Events," Sept. 15, 2005, p. 1).
Among the questions I would like to see answered:
1. What exactly is an "adverse developmental event?"
2. Does this include data on mothers? How many reports were maternal experiences?
3. SSRI withdrawal syndromes are usually benign and time limited by definition. An exception to the benign rule would be seizure. Were any seizures reported during withdrawal? Were those seizures reported in babies or in mothers?
4. Were there any physical anomalies in newborns? Those are the worst-case scenarios when I think about maternal use of medicine during pregnancy.