Infant birth defects: Bupropion (Wellbutrin) Pregnancy Registry
From March 1997 through March 31, 2008 the GlaxoSmithKline Bupropion Pregnancy Registry report listed the following birth defects:
This birth defect list is for the first trimester or earliest exposure to bupropion:
- Live infant with bilateral clubfeet
- Live infant with abnormal aortic valve thickening with secondary mild aortic insufficiency
- Live infant with Klinefelter’s Syndrome with no physical abnormalities diagnosed by amniocentesis
- Live infant with ventricular septal defect
- Live infant with trivial valvular pulmonic stenosis and tiny atrial septal defect
- Induced abortion with evidence of Down syndrome on a prenatal test
- Live infant with congenital heart defect (coarctation) and ventricular septal
- Live infant born premature with a thickened heart muscle
- Live infant with pulmonary stenosis
- Live infant with coarctation of the aorta
- Fetal death with congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis in one lung, secundum atrial septal defect, cleft palate, protuberant maxilla, low set ears, flattened pinnae and kyphosis
- Live infant with Trisomy 21
- Live infant with Trisomy 18
- Induced abortion with Down syndrome
- Spontaneous abortion with Trisomy 14
- Induced abortion with ultrasound diagnosis of a left diaphragmatic hernia with intestine in the thorax
- Live infant with bilateral kidney dilation from reflux diagnosed prenatally and double ureters
- Induced abortion with Jeune’s syndrome (thoracic dysplasia with short limbs) diagnosed prenatally
- Live infant with hypospadias and cleft right ear lobe
- Induced abortion with anencephaly
- Live infant with bilateral club feet (family history).
- Live infant with mixed superficial and deep hemangioma, left eyelid, requiring laser photocoagulation.
- Live infant with atrial septal defect with patent ductus arteriosis and patent foramen ovale
- Live infant with duplicate left renal pelvis
- Live infant with left hand with misshapen thumb, index, middle and ring fingers
If you took Wellbutrin before or during pregnancy and your baby has one of the above birth defects, please contact Anapol Schwartz law firm to find out if they can be of service regarding a Wellbutrin birth defect lawsuit.
