Nervous system drugs taken by future fathers and birth defects in offspring: a prospective registry-based cohort study.

Maarten J WensinkYing LuLu TianTina Kold JensenNiels Erik SkakkebækRune Lindahl-JacobsenMichael Eisenberg

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

Antipsychotics, anxiolytics, hypnotics and sedatives, antidepressants, SSRIs and benzodiazepine-derived anxiolytics, when taken by the father during development of fertilising sperm, are generally safe with regard to birth defects.

Keyphrases

gestational age
major depressive disorder
high fat diet
current status
pregnancy outcomes
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle