Mothers prescribed the antidepressant prescription drug Zoloft early in their pregnancy (first trimester) are at risk for having babies with major birth defects, including:1.cardiac defects such as atrial or septal heart defects (holes in the heart), malformations, and obstructions;2.cleft lip;3.cleft palate;4.gastrointestinal malformations;5.genital malformations;6.omphalocele (an abdominal wall defect at the base of the umbilical cord which can result in the infant being born with a sac protruding through the defect that contains the small intestine, liver, and/or and large intestine);7.craniosyntosis (a defect that causes an abnormally shaped head);8.anal atresia (a defect that causes a malformed rectum); and9.spina bifida(adefect in which the backbone and spinal canal do not close before birth)

Mothers who took Zoloft in their third trimester are at risk delivering for babies who suffer from the potentially fatal condition of PPHN (primary pulmonary hypertension).

Both Zoloft and a generic version called Greenstone are manufactured by Pfizer.

If you or someone close to you has a child with birth defects after taking Zoloft or Greenstone during the first trimester of pregnancy, please call Phoenix Arizona accident injury attorney Steve Leshner for a free consultation.