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Zofran and Atrial Septal Defect

Zofran (ondansetron) is an anti-nausea drug made by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Ifhttp://www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/ondansetron you or somebody you know had a baby withatrial septal defect, you should contact our lawyers immediately for a free case consultation. If yourfirm is interested in referring us a case or for us to send you a list of previous award judgmentsand/or average referral fees, please visit the Lawyer Referral section of our website.

. If they do not, the baby is born with a heart defect.

What is the problem?

The severity of the condition depends on the size of the hole.

When pregnant women use Zofran to control morning sickness, studies have found evidence thatthey may be more likely to have a baby with a heart defect, including atrial septal defect.

What You Can Do How a Zofran Lawsuit Can Help

The Schmidt Firm, PLLC is currently accepting Zofran induced injury cases in all 50 states. A reportpublished by the Toronto Star in June 2014 highlighted nearly two dozen cases of women who usedZofran and had a baby with a birth defect.

According to one case:

"A doctor reported that [Zofran] was the suspected cause of a baby's mouth deformity, jaundice,heart murmur and two heart defects, including "atrial septal defect," otherwise known as a hole inthe heart."

This is not the first time Zofran has been linked to birth defects. If you or somebody you know had ababy with atrial septal defect, you should contact our lawyers immediately for a free caseconsultation. ASD also causes the right side of the heart to work harder than normal. Eventually, theheart muscle will thicken, lose flexibility, weaken, and fail.

Symptoms

Heart murmur (hearing abnormal sound in the heart with a stethoscope)

Fatigue

Problems breathing

Frequent respiratory infections in children

Feeling the heart beat (palpitations)

Shortness of breath with activity

Failure to thrive

Additional Information

Do I have a Zofran Lawsuit?

The Schmidt Firm, PLLC is currently accepting Zofran induced injury cases in all 50 states.Conclusions were published in December 2014, published in Reproductive Toxicology, based on datafrom 1998-2012, and included nearly 1,400 babies who were exposed to Zofran during the firsttrimester.

Atrial Septal Defect - "Hole in the Heart"

Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) is one of the most common heart defects. Normally, the heart is separatedinto four chambers -- two on the left and two on the right. Zofran was linked to a 30% overallincreased risk of birth defects, mostly zofran linked to birth defects due to an excessive number ofheart defects, in a study published in August 2014. Please use the form below to contact ourDefective Drug Litigation Group or call us toll-free 24 hours a day at (866) 920-0753.

Attention Lawyers: We consider a referral from another law firm to be one of the greatestcompliments. The holes normally close just before birth. Conclusions of the study, titled"Ondansetron use in early pregnancy and the risk of congenital malformations," were based onnearly 900,000 pregnancies in Denmark.

Swedish Researchers Find Zofran Doubles Risk of Septal Heart Defects

Swedish researchers have published a study finding that Zofran doubled the risk of "hole in theheart" defects. Small ASDs (under 5mm) often close on their own, cause no symptoms, and neverneed treatment.

Large ASDs (over 8mm) can cause oxygen-poor blood to mix with oxygen-rich blood. The upperchambers ("atria") are separated by a wall ("septum").

All babies develop with a hole in the heart, but it does not cause problems because the fetus receivesoxygen from its mother. This "mixed" blood does not have enough oxygen, and the baby may appearblue, lethargic, weak, or fail to thrive and grow normally.

Complications

Over time, delicate tissues in the lungs may be severely damaged by abnormally high blood pressure(pulmonary hypertension). Although it is only FDA-approved for chemotherapy patients, it iscommonly used "off-label" by pregnant women suffering from morning sickness.

The problem is that no one knows if Zofran is safe during pregnancy