Paxil Injury Help

If your child suffered birth defects as a result of Paxil use during pregnancy, you may be eligible for financial compensation.

Paxil is an anti-depressant medication made by GlaxoSmithKline.  In December 2005, the FDA warned that Paxil could increase the risk for certain birth defects, particularly heart defects:

“The Food and Drug Administration today is alerting health care professionals and patients about early results of new studies for Paxil (paroxetine) suggesting that the drug increases the risk for birth defects, particularly heart defects, when women take it during the first three months of pregnancy”.
- FDA, December 8, 2005.

Again in March 2006, the FDA reported:

“New warnings have been added to the labeling for Paxil and generic paroxetine based on preliminary analyses of two recent unpublished epidemiologic studies. Both studies showed a relatively small increased risk for cardiac defects in infants born to women who received the drug in early pregnancy, and one study also showed an increased risk of congenital malformations overall. In both studies, the most common types of cardiac abnormalities in children of women who took Paxil were atrial and ventricular septal defects, with a wide range of severity”.

- FDA Patient Safety News, March 2006.

Why should I file a lawsuit?

You can be awarded money to help pay for your child’s past and future medical expenses.  Some children with serious Paxil birth injuries have been awarded in excess of $2 million dollars.

Will the lawsuit be filed against my doctor?

No. The lawsuit will be filed against the manufacturer of the drug; the lawsuit will NOT be filed against your doctor.

Will I have to travel or appear in court?

Paxil lawsuits are settling out of court – you will not be required to travel or appear in court.

How much will it cost?

We work on a contingency fee basis, which means you will never receive a bill from us. We take our fees and costs from whatever we recover from the defendant.

Does your child/children have any of these medical conditions?

a. PPHN (persistent pulmonary hypertension in a newborn)

b. Ventricular Septal Defects (VSD/holes in the heart)

c. Atrial Septal Defects (ASD/holes in the heart)

d. Atrial Enlargement

e. Tetrology of Fallot

f. Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA)

g. Pulmonary Stenosis

h. Hypoplastic Right/Left Heart

i. Truncus Arteriosus

j. Neural Tube Defects

k. Craniosynostosis

l. Ebstein’s Anomaly

m. Omphalocele (organs outside abdomen)

n. Pierre Robbins Sequence

o. Gastroschisis

p. Undescended Testes

q. Hypospadias

r. Epispadias

s. Clubbed Foot

t. Cleft-Lip

u. Coarction of the Aorta

v. Aortic Stenosis

w. Bicuspid Aortic Valve

x. Patent Ductus Arteriosus

y. Patent Foramen Ovale

z. Other Heart or Lung Injuries

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