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    New Postpartum Depression Drug Could Be Hard To Access For Moms Most In Need

    Postpartum depression hits low-income women especially hard. Will a promising new drug, Zulresso, become affordable and accessible enough to help them?
    by Rhitu Chatterjee Mar 21, 2019 5 minutes

    One in nine women in the United States suffer from depression after childbirth. For some women, postpartum depression is so bad that they struggle to care for their children and may even consider or attempt suicide.

    This week, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug that can help, the first drug approved specifically for postpartum depression. While researchers and clinicians are excited about the drug's potential, some foresee obstacles to making it available to women who need it the most.

    Postpartum depression is more common among women from lower socio-economic groups, yet the drug, which comes with a $34,000 price tag and requires a stay in a healthcare facility, could be out of reach for many of these women.

    "Those who have the highest rates of postpartum depression and who would, an associate professor at the department of psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan.

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