All women in the source cohort initially had contacted the CTIS program voluntarily with questions about the safety of
fluoxetine use during pregnancy and had agreed to participate in an outcome study.
Not exact matches
With respect to potential sources of bias in the study sample, the initial cohort through which these women were identified is a self - selected population and may not be representative of all women who
use fluoxetine during pregnancy.
Characteristics of the mothers and infants were similar between the two breastfeeding groups with the exceptions of the proportion of women who
used fluoxetine during the third trimester of
pregnancy and of the mean infant birth weight (Table 1).
The study finds a correlation between the
use of the medication
fluoxetine during pregnancy and an increased risk of obesity and diabetes in children.
Use of
fluoxetine — the most commonly prescribed antidepressant —
during pregnancy is linked with a slightly increased risk of malformations in infants, according to a recent analysis of published studies.