The makers of antidepressants like Paxil don't care if you're not depressed. They want you to start taking antidepressants like Paxil even if you're having a not so good day. Depression may be too strong of a word but they are happy to treat you if you're having a mood disorder. It's kind of sad when women of child bearing age have to be under the microscope and cannot have feelings and must be treated (i.e. pay for pricey prescription drugs like Paxil) with antidepressants. Doctors have been wisely reluctant to prescribe SSRI meds like Paxil to pregnant women. However, the drug companies don't want to be ignored and women of childbearing age are a demographic that they want taking antidepressants. According to the pharmaceutical companies - all pregnant women are depressed and should be taking Paxil-like drugs.
The Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Illinois continues to recommend that SSRIs be used to treat pregnant women despite recent warnings concerning birth defects and other life-threatening disorders in children born to mothers who took antidepressants during pregnancy. One has to wonder what their agenda is and how much research money they research from pharmaceutical companies peddling SSRI drugs like Paxil.
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