Many people have seen the lawyer commercials regarding the class action lawsuits against the makers of Zoloft and other antidepressant drugs. What should you do if your child is born with a birth defect and you took an antidepressant while pregnant? Obviously, the first thing you will think about is obtaining the proper care for your baby. As far as helping your baby receive compensation, you should think about speaking with a board certified defective drug injury attorney about your claim. You will need to be able to provide evidence of use of the antidepressant drug while you were pregnant. This can be established in many ways. Many people still have the prescription bottles available. For others it is just a matter of us obtaining records from the pharmacy or medical provider. Doctors and pharmacies keep records for many years. When the mother or father comes to us about their baby, we help make the process as easy as possible by obtaining the medical and pharmacy records for them. Generally, when we are asked to help out a family in one of these cases, we provide the mom with a detailed questionaire about her medical history and use of the antidepressant - as well as questions about the condition suffered by the baby. We then get to work obtaining records showing the prescriptions used by the mother while pregnant. Many folks believe that the Zoloft and other antidepressant lawsuits are being filed as class actions. We don't file class actions because it seems that too often the only people getting significant compensation in a class action are the lawyers. Rather, we file individual lawsuits based upon our client's individual situation, injuries and need for future medical care. One very important aspect of brining any claim for personal injuries is the statute of limitations. A statute of limitations is basically a deadline to file a lawsuit. If you don't file a lawsuit in time, your case is barred. Therefore, if you feel you have a Zoloft or other claim, you should call a board certified injury lawyer as soon as possible. Most of the lawyer commercials about Zoloft, Celexa, Prozac, Paxil, Sarafem and Lexapro (SSRI drugs) focus on the serious heart defects such as atrial septal defects, ventricular septal defects, tetralogy of fallot, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, transposition of the great arteries (TGA or TOGA), patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR), double outlet right ventricle (DORV), and coarctation of the aorta (CoA). However, Zoloft and the others are suspected of causing other birth defects such as Craniosynostosis. In short, if you were prescribed an antidepressant drug such as Zoloft while pregnant and your baby was born with ANY birth defect, you should investigate your right to compensation. The easiest way to get information is to call a board certified injury lawyer that handles defective drug injury cases.