Antidepressant use during pregnancy may lead to childhood obesity, diabetes
Sunday, June 22, 2014 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
Maternal use of a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, resulted in increased fat accumulation and inflammation in the liver of the adult offspring, researchers have demonstrated for the first time in an animal model. This raises new concerns about the long-term metabolic complications in children born to women who take SSRI antidepressants during pregnancy.