Failure To Ask Doctor About Paxil Risks Warranted Nonsuit, Pennsylvania Judge Says

Mealey's (February 15, 2017, 12:27 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania state court judge on Feb. 7 said he was forced to grant a nonsuit in a Paxil birth defect case because the plaintiffs failed to ask the prescribing physician what he would have done if he had known that the antidepressant is a potential teratogen and that it can cause fetal death (Braden Rader, et al. v. SmithKline Beecham Corporation, et al., No. 11090367200535, Pa. Comm. Pls., Philadelphia Co., No. 2144 EDA 2016, Pa. Super.)....

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