Don't Use Antidepressants During Pregnancy or for Children

Don't Use Antidepressants During Pregnancy or for Children

Don’t Use Antidepressants During Pregnancy or for Children by Peter C. Gøtzsche at Brownstone Institute As a young doctor, I joked about a general warning that can still be seen in Danish package inserts for drugs: "Caution is advised during pregnancy.” What does that mean? If you take a pill, it is too late to be cautious, and if you don’t take it, you don’t need to be cautious because you will be totally safe. My joke was that caution meant pl…