Posted on 12/27/2023 1:12:03 PM PST by algore
Popular anti-anxiety medication could be putting more than 1 million pregnant women at risk of miscarriage, a new study suggests.
Researchers from Taiwan studied more than 3 million pregnancies in 2 million women and found 4.4 percent - or 136,130 - resulted in miscarriages.
They analyzed the medical history of all the women studied, and found those prescribed a class of drug called benzodiazepines - used to treat anxiety, depression and insomnia - were, on average, 70 percent more likely to miscarry compared to those who didn't take the pills.
Benzodiazepines, also called benzos, are a group of sedative drugs. The most well known medications include Xanax, Valium, Ativan and Klonopin.
The researchers also noted this increased risk stood even when other co-founding factors, like age and health of the woman, were accounted for.
It is estimated that approximately 1.7 percent of pregnant women (around 1.2 million) are prescribed these medications during the first trimester of their pregnancy - a number that has been on the rise in recent years.
The study, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, looked at miscarriages among women exposed to benzos before getting pregnant only, during pregnancy only and during both time periods.
Long-acting benzos -drugs processed more slowly in the body, such as Valium, showed an increased risk of miscarriage of 67 percent, while short-acting benzos, like Versed showed a 66 percent increased risk.
When used during pregnancy, benzos can cross the barrier between the mother and the placenta, exposing a fetus to the drugs.
Researchers hypothesized that because of the role benzodiazepines play in the development and growth of cells, it is plausible benzodiazepine exposure may cause fetal developmental abnormalities, which could ultimately lead to miscarriage.
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Can’t be those drugs — it’s gotta be the vaccine. Because the vaccine is responsible for every premature death.
I would guess anyone who takes Xanax is more likely to do a lot of things.
Valium?
Doctors here won’t prescribe valium any more..................
I suspect this explains the rise in things like Autism and ADHD. My mother had a late miscarriage after my older brother was born. I think she ended up being medicated. I’m on the Autism Spectrum (Aspie) and my younger sister is ADD and just slow. My mother was on that same medication all her life. She was also Bulimic.
And here I was thinking the whole time that taking incredibly powerful substances created in a lab was good for fetal development. Thanks the study otherwise I wouldn’t know what to think.
That's what I've read, also.
It’s almost impossible to get benzodiazepines these days. When I was hospitalized a month or so ago I asked for one and they freaked out and offered me Dilaudid (a powerful opioid) instead. Crazy.
I have an idea but it makes too much sense.
Those two drugs have been on the market for decades. I’d think this info would have been found out years ago. Me thinks “they” are simply covering for miscarriages related to the jab. I have no proof, but I bet women who voluntarily took the jab are more than likely to be high strung and in need of Valium or Xanax.
Dilaudid? Holy crap. Legit medical uses should be no problem. Subing in Dilaudid is way overkill for what an Ativan is perfect for.
That 40% number is less than the 85% if they take the Pfizer death shot.
And those powerful chemicals can’t be good for the developing babies.
“Can’t be those drugs”
...when it has been proven that Marijuana is eminently proficient in causing miscarriages.
NO SH¡T. It’s known that you shouldn’t take such medications while pregnant.
I was 19 when I requested a tubal ligation for safety reasons, and my OB made me get a second opinion before doing it due to my age. The second doc looked at my med list and records and was stunned that my OB even delayed. Not only could the pregnancy have killed me, but the medications I was on would have killed any baby. I would NOT want to live with that.
Xanax was on that list.
The benzos are on and off of national backorder. We can’t get most doses of Lorazepam, and Alprazolam is catching up.
This has been the normal medical advice for the past 50 years at least.
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