iloveblue
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Hi
My husband is on Venlafaxine (Effexor) and I have just miscarried my third pregnancy in 8 months.
The first was in October 2010 at 20 weeks, the second in Feb 2011 at 7/8 weeks and this one was just last week at about 9 weeks. All very different experiences.
We have been referred to our local recurrent mc unit for testing.
I have two boys aged 4 and 6 had no problems in either pregnancy.
Im aware that there are many things that could be causing these mcs, including NK cells, blood clotting etc I also know that Im now unwilling to accept the bad luck theory.
I recently came across this article
https://www.cchrint.org/tag/venlafaxine/
which is based on a study completed last year which found that women on Venlafaxine were 110% more likely to miscarry. Now, that seems extremely high to me, and I cant help thinking that if it affects women in that way surely it must have a negative affect on sperm. My husband started taking it after our second son was born.
Ive also found this
https://www.gponline.com/News/article/603012/antidepressants-cause-male-infertility/
which says that yes, it can affect sperm motility, but it doesnt say anything about damaging sperm or causing miscarriage. There seems to be very little research done into the whole area.
So, Im trying to do my own anecdotal research.
If you have conceived while your husband/partner has been taking Venlafaxine (Effexor) or any other SNRI for that matter, I would love to hear how your pregnancy proceeded.
I have posted this in the miscarriage section but also wanted to see if anyone has had a successful pregnancy in this situation.
Thank-you so much
My husband is on Venlafaxine (Effexor) and I have just miscarried my third pregnancy in 8 months.
The first was in October 2010 at 20 weeks, the second in Feb 2011 at 7/8 weeks and this one was just last week at about 9 weeks. All very different experiences.
We have been referred to our local recurrent mc unit for testing.
I have two boys aged 4 and 6 had no problems in either pregnancy.
Im aware that there are many things that could be causing these mcs, including NK cells, blood clotting etc I also know that Im now unwilling to accept the bad luck theory.
I recently came across this article
https://www.cchrint.org/tag/venlafaxine/
which is based on a study completed last year which found that women on Venlafaxine were 110% more likely to miscarry. Now, that seems extremely high to me, and I cant help thinking that if it affects women in that way surely it must have a negative affect on sperm. My husband started taking it after our second son was born.
Ive also found this
https://www.gponline.com/News/article/603012/antidepressants-cause-male-infertility/
which says that yes, it can affect sperm motility, but it doesnt say anything about damaging sperm or causing miscarriage. There seems to be very little research done into the whole area.
So, Im trying to do my own anecdotal research.
If you have conceived while your husband/partner has been taking Venlafaxine (Effexor) or any other SNRI for that matter, I would love to hear how your pregnancy proceeded.
I have posted this in the miscarriage section but also wanted to see if anyone has had a successful pregnancy in this situation.
Thank-you so much
