The Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted approval of the drug, Zurzuvae, for adults experiencing severe depression related to childbirth or pregnancy. The pill is taken once a day for 14 ...

Although many cases of maternal depression begin in pregnancy, the pill is not being recommended until after childbirth because it operates on a hormonal pathway and wasn’t tested in pregnant ...

The pill — to be taken once a day ... "We know that this is dysfunctional during pregnancy and postpartum for women who develop depression then. We think that that might be how it's working." ...

The condition can also make you more likely to use tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs that can harm you and your developing baby. Some studies suggest that depression during pregnancy may ...

Levels of allopregnanolone can rise dramatically during pregnancy and then abruptly ... some relief to people with postpartum depression. Both drugs work in a similar way; they are just administer ...

The woman had chronic depression before her pregnancy, which got significantly worse postpartum. Other medications had failed to treat her symptoms, but zuranolone offered some relief, she said.

Pregnancy is usually seen as a time of hope and excitement but while this is so for most, it is also a time when mental and ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Last month, Zurzuvae, the first oral pill approved in the United States to treat postpartum depression, became available. Local mental health care providers say this novelty ...

Children born to mothers who used antidepressants during pregnancy do not appear to face higher risks of developing ...

In August, news broke that for the first time the FDA approved a pill sold to specifically treat postpartum depression. Typically, postpartum depression is treated with selective serotonin ...

Oral contraceptives, or birth control pills, are highly effective at preventing pregnancy but can cause ... use were associated with a higher rate of depression. That risk was not as pronounced ...