Paxil (paroxetine) is an anti-depressant manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline. Recently Public Health Advisories have been issued for Paxil regarding an increased risk of heart birth defect, persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN), omphalocele (an abnormality in newborns in which the infant's intestine or other abdominal organs protrude from the navel) or craniosynostosis (connection betweens sutures-skull bones prematurely close during the first year of life, which causes an abnormally shaped skull) in children born to mothers exposed to Paxil.
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