Doctors today warned against overprescribing antipsychotic drugs to new mothers with depression after the tragic triple killing of three children in Massachusetts.
Lindsay Clancy, 32, from Duxbury, admitted to strangling her three kids Cora, purchase tramadol 100mg five, Dawson, three and Callan, eight months, to death before attempting to take her own life after suffering post-partum psychosis.
Her lawyer claims she had been prescribed 13 powerful mind-altering prescription drugs, including benzodiazepines, antidepressants, mood stabilizers and sleeping pills in the eight months leading up to the killings.
Among them were the so-called ‘Z-drug’ Ambien, the sedatives Seroquel and Klonopin, and the anxiety medication Valium – all of which are highly addictive and come with severe side effects such as hallucinations and confusion.
Dr Gary Maslow, a psychiatrist at Duke University, told DailyMail.com the number of drugs prescribed to Mrs Clancy was ‘way too high for sure’. He said: ‘These are medicines that can help, but if you take too many, it can impair your judgment.
Mrs Clancy had been prescribed 13 drugs over the last eight months. These include the powerful sleeping pill Ambien, anti-anxiety drugs Ativan, Klonopin and Valium; the anti-depressant drugs Remeron, Prozac, Trazodone; Bi-polar disorder drug Lamictal; and the anti-schizophrenia Seroquel
Mrs Clancy, 32, is accused of killing her daughter Cora, 5 and son Dawson, 3, at the family home in Massachusetts and attacking baby Callan, who is eight months old. Pictured L-R: Lindsay, Dawson, Corey and husband Patrick
Mrs Clancy remains in the hospital after trying to take her own life; she slit her wrists and jumped from a top floor window of her home
‘[These drugs] have side effects and some can include an alteration of mental state. You wouldn’t prescribe these to people [who already suffer from] hallucinations or delusions.
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