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Zoloft Causes Club Feet Birth Defect Alleges Lawsuit
By Scott Hardy
A new Zoloft birth defect lawsuit alleges that the antidepressant drug can cause babies to born with club feet. Tylanda Kidd filed one of the latest Zoloft lawsuits after she found out that Zoloft may be the cause of her son’s birth defects. Tylanda had her son in 2007 and he was born with birth defects, one of which was club feet. Club feet is just one of the multitude of birth defects that Zoloft can allegedly cause. Zoloft and other antidepressant medication used while pregnant may also be responsible for other birth defects like Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension (PPHN), Atrial Septal Defects (ASD), ventricular septal defects (VSD), abdominal birth defects (omphalocele), cranial birth defects (craniosynotosis), aorta coarctation, hypoplastic right or left heart syndrome, transposition of the great arteries (TGA), tetralogy of fallot (TOF), spina bifida and club feet. Tylanda worked with her doctors to try to fix her son’s club feet without surgery using casts but was unsuccessful. In 2007, when Tylanda’s son was only nine months old, he underwent surgery to fix his club feet. The boy is now five years old and Tylanda’s Zoloft attorneys state that he “continues to suffer physically and emotionally” from the Zoloft birth defect.
Mothers around the world who took Zoloft while pregnant may not just experience a congenital birth defect like club feet. Many mothers who took Zoloft or another antidepressant while pregnant have had babies with Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension (PPHN), a low birth weight, still birth or their babies were born with other severe congenital birth defects. It’s important that mothers who have had a child with a birth defect work with an attorney to determine if they have cause to file a lawsuit to help pay for medical treatment and pain and suffering. Birth defects may be caused by many different medications (not just SSRI antidepressant drugs like Zoloft) and only an attorney and your doctor can determine if one of the medications taken during pregnancy may be responsible for the birth defect. Tylanda’s lawsuit also alleges that Pfizer knew of the possibility of birth defects if Zoloft is taken while pregnant but did nothing to warn doctors or patients of the possibility. The Zoloft lawsuit states that before Zoloft was approved by the FDA in 1991 Pfizer conducted animal trials which found that Zoloft caused severe side effects in animal fetuses. Even though Pfizer knew of this risk the Zoloft lawsuit alleges they did nothing to warn doctors and patients of the risk of birth defects if Zoloft is taken while pregnant.
Tylanda didn’t file a Zoloft class action lawsuit. In Tylanda’s case it was determined that an individual action may get her and her son the highest financial award if she wins or the Zoloft birth defect lawsuit settles with Pfizer. Filing a Zoloft class action lawsuit may not be in the best interest of everyone. It’s important that those affected by Zoloft side effects speak with a qualified Zoloft attorney to determine their best course of action which may be filing an individual lawsuit against Pfizer. If your baby was born with a birth defect and you were taking Zoloft, another antidepressant SSRI drug like Paxil, or other medication, you should speak with an experienced Zoloft attorney.
If you would like more information about filing a Zoloft birth defect class action lawsuit, would like to contact a Zoloft birth defect attorney, or would like to file an individual Zoloft birth defect lawsuit just go to the Zoloft Birth Defect Class Action Lawsuit Investigation page. You can submit your information to attorneys who specialize in Zoloft related birth defect lawsuits, and other SSRI antidepressant drug birth defect lawsuits, that are actively investigating all claims regarding birth defects like Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension (PPHN), Atrial Septal Defects (ASD), ventricular septal defects (VSD), abdominal birth defects (omphalocele), cranial birth defects (craniosynotosis), aorta coarctation, hypoplastic right or left heart syndrome, transposition of the great arteries (TGA), tetralogy of fallot (TOF), spina bifida, Autism, club feet and other problems which may be attributed to Zoloft or another anti-depressant (SSRI) drug taken while pregnant. It’s Pfizer’s responsibility to properly warn users of their drugs of the possibility of severe birth defects and if you don’t feel you were warned of the risk a birth defect attorney may be able to help.
Updated May 16th, 2012
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