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Medicines in pregnancy
Taking medicines during pregnancy can affect the health of your unborn child. Find out about taking medicines during pregnancy.
Crohn's medicine adalimumab in pregnancy may raise baby's infection risk
Adalimumab (Humira) taken during pregnancy to treat Crohn's disease is transferred to the baby and might increase its infection risk, a study shows.
Epilepsy: newer medicines safer in pregnancy
Taking newer epilepsy medicines, such as lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine, topiramate, gabapentin and levetiracetam, during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase major birth defects, a study suggests.
Medicines: understanding your medicines
When your doctor gives you a prescription for a medicine, it has been a careful process and you have been part of the decision making.
Pregnancy: warning on multivitamins
Pregnant women should be cautioned against exceeding dose recommendations when using multivitamins because of potential fetal risks.
Pregnant women neglect asthma medicines
Use of asthma medicines dropped from 92 per cent of asthmatic women before pregnancy to 75 per cent during pregnancy, a survey has found.
Yellow fever vaccine virus transmitted through breastfeeding
A baby was infected with the vaccine strain of yellow fever virus through breastfeeding after his mother was vaccinated, Canadian doctors report.
Adalimumab (Humira) taken during pregnancy to treat Crohn's disease is transferred to the baby and might increase its infection risk, a study shows.
Epilepsy: newer medicines safer in pregnancy
Taking newer epilepsy medicines, such as lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine, topiramate, gabapentin and levetiracetam, during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase major birth defects, a study suggests.
Medicines: understanding your medicines
When your doctor gives you a prescription for a medicine, it has been a careful process and you have been part of the decision making.
Pregnancy: warning on multivitamins
Pregnant women should be cautioned against exceeding dose recommendations when using multivitamins because of potential fetal risks.
Pregnant women neglect asthma medicines
Use of asthma medicines dropped from 92 per cent of asthmatic women before pregnancy to 75 per cent during pregnancy, a survey has found.
Yellow fever vaccine virus transmitted through breastfeeding
A baby was infected with the vaccine strain of yellow fever virus through breastfeeding after his mother was vaccinated, Canadian doctors report.
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