Recent Posts in Birth Defect

The Cost of Raising a Child with Cerebral Palsy

Feb 20, 2018 • Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP

Cerebral palsy is a group of movement disorders resulting from brain damage that occurs during birth. In many cases, it results from preventable medical errors that deprive an infant’s brain of oxygen ...
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Zofran and Your Baby's Heart

Apr 24, 2015 • Peter J. Brodhead

The cells that will become your baby’s heart are among the first to be formed after a pregnancy has reached the vertebrate embryo stage. The heart is the first organ to fully form and function during ...
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Zofran and Serotonin Syndrome

Apr 13, 2015 • Peter Brodhead

Your body produces serotonin to ensure that the nerve cells and brain function properly. The chemicals in your body work together to make sure everything function as it should. However, recent reports ...
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Generic Zofran: A Brief History

Mar 23, 2015 • Peter J. Brodhead

A brand-name drug maker such as GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) which makes Zofran has the exclusive right to sell and market that drug so long as it enjoys patent protection. Zofran enjoyed this privilege in ...
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Zofran and a Mother's Heart, on the QT

Mar 2, 2015 • Peter J. Brodhead

The FDA has been conducting an ongoing safety review of Zofran because it could increase the risk of developing abnormal changes in the electrical activity of the heart, which could in turn result in ...
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What to Expect with Cleft Palate Repair

Feb 13, 2015 • Peter Brodhead

A child with a cleft palate may experience functional difficulties in one or more areas such as feeding, hearing, and speech development. It is generally important to begin efforts to correct the ...
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More on Morning Sickness

Feb 5, 2015 • Peter Brodhead

The symptoms of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP) can begin as early as the third or fourth week of gestation and in 90% of the cases are gone by week 16. Some women, however, can have NVP for ...
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The Zofran Label on Pregnancy: Then and Now

Feb 1, 2015 • Peter Brodhead

The FDA has approved Zofran for two purposes: prevention of chemotherapy and radiation- induced nausea and vomiting, and prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting. Despite having been on the ...
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What to Expect in Cleft Lip Repair

Jan 27, 2015 • Peter Brodhead

A cleft lip is a split or separation of the two side of the upper lip which is present at birth. The goal of cleft lip surgery is to restore normal appearance and function to the upper lip. The ...
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When is a Drug Maker Required to Warn About Off-Label Uses?

Jan 27, 2015 • Peter Brodhead

Off-Label drug use is the prescribing of a medication for a disease or a symptom for which the drug make has never received FDA approval. It is estimated that more than 20% of all prescriptions ...
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