Are Common Meds Harming Babies? Tylenol & Antidepressants In Pregnancy | Dr. Adam Urato, MD
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
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🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
What if the medications women are told to trust during pregnancy are actually putting their babies at risk? 🤰⚠️
Dr. Adam Urato—Chief of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at MetroWest Medical Center—has spent decades on the frontlines caring for expecting mothers. After testifying before the FDA, he’s sounding the alarm on antidepressants, SSRIs, and even Tylenol, revealing shocking links to brain development and long-term health outcomes for children.
This is the conversation every mom-to-be needs: the real science and the truth about protecting your baby. 👶
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Our Guest:
Dr. Adam Urato, MD
The studies mentioned in this interview are linked here:
Koc (2023): Maternal SSRI use during pregnancy is associated with decreased brain volumes and altered brain development in offspring. Exposed babies had smaller brains at ages 7 and 15.
Mulder (2011) & Salisbury (2024): Ultrasound studies showing that fetuses exposed to SSRIs move abnormally in utero—demonstrating increased movements, less quiescence, agitation, irritability, and restlessness.
Videman (2017): EEG study showing newborn brain function is affected by fetal exposure to maternal SSRIs.
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| 0:00.0 | What does a baby's brain show when a mom is taking antidepressants while she's pregnant? |
| 0:04.8 | Serotonin plays a crucial role in fetal development, particularly development of the brain. |
| 0:09.4 | And the SSRIs disrupt the serotonin system. |
| 0:12.6 | We see increased jittery movements, agitation, in utero, postpartum, constant crying, difficulty feeding. |
| 0:20.9 | So the MRI studies are showing structural changes in the brain. |
| 0:24.3 | Some of them show smaller brain volume, |
| 0:26.9 | differences in motor development even years later. |
| 0:30.2 | All of this evidence is pointing towards impact of the SSRIs on the developing fetal brain. |
| 0:36.2 | I mean, the evidence is stacked. |
| 0:39.3 | ... Women are told it's too dangerous to stop taking antidepressants during pregnancy, but they're not being told the full story. |
| 1:08.9 | Today, Dr. Adam Urato, chief of maternal fetal medicine |
| 1:12.1 | at Metro West Medical Center and attending physician at Tufts Medical Center in Framingham, |
| 1:16.3 | Massachusetts, joins us to share mind-blowing evidence about what SSRIs and even Tylenol can do |
| 1:22.1 | to a baby's brain and development in utero. He recently testified before the FDA's |
| 1:26.6 | Psychopharmacologic |
| 1:27.6 | drugs advisory committee delivering a powerful message. The science is undeniable, and regulator's |
| 1:33.0 | silence is unacceptable on SSRIs and pregnant women. Dr. Urato combines decades of clinical |
| 1:38.4 | experience with deep research and advocacy, and he firmly believes expecting mothers deserve |
| 1:42.8 | the full picture before making such |
| 1:44.7 | critical decisions. This is a conversation that every woman needs to hear who has ever taken |
| 1:48.6 | or is currently taking antidepressants. Watch this episode on the real Alex Clark YouTube |
| 1:53.2 | channel or Culture Apothecary on Spotify, which has video. Thank you to Wirefai for letting |
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