Prozac is ‘safe’ for newborns

BABIES whose mums took antidepressants during pregnancy are not at increased risk of epilepsy, according to a major study.

It overturns previous research that suggested newborns and toddlers were more likely to have seizures if mothers took Prozac or other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) while expecting.

But research into the records of 1.7million infants found the 24,000 who were exposed to SSRIs in the first trimester of pregnancy were no more likely to suffer fits than those who were not.

The study, published in the journal Neurology, looked at newborns in Sweden over a 17-year period.