Many pregnant women take prescription medicines for health problems like diabetes, asthma, seizures, heartburn, and morning sickness. Other women take medicines before they realize they are pregnant.
Not all medicines are safe to take when you are pregnant. Some medicines can harm your baby. Follow these four tips to help keep you and your baby safe.
1. Ask questions. Always talk to your health care provider before you take any medicines, herbs, or vitamins. Don’t stop taking your medicines until your doctor says that it is OK.
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The labels tell what is known about how the drugs might affect or have affected other pregnant women.
- Call: 1-800-FDA-1088
- Report Online: www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/medwatch-online.htm
4. Sign up for a Pregnancy Registry. Pregnancy Exposure Registries are research studies that collect information from women who take prescription medicines or vaccines during pregnancy.
Pregnancy registries help women and their doctors learn more about which medicines are safe to take during pregnancy.
The FDA does not run pregnancy studies, but it keeps a list of all registries. See if there is a registry for your medicine. Go to: www.fda.gov/pregnancyregistries
Source:
Nadeem Zia, B.Pharm, RPh.
OpenDoor Team, www.OpenDoor.cc
Consulting Pharmacist, Vancouver, BC Canada
Google+ : google.com/+NadeemZiaRPh
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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