Preface Section I: Rules of Thumb for Taking Drugs During Pregnancy
and Breastfeeding 1. Taking drugs during pregnancy: How safe are
the unsafe?
2. Which drugs are contraindicated during breastfeeding? Practice Guidelines
3. Continuing drug therapy while breastfeeding: Common misconceptions of patients
4. Continuing drug therapy while breastfeeding:
Common misconceptions of physicians
7. Cancer chemotherapy during pregnancy: Consortium of cancer in pregnancy evidence
8. Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: (NSAIDS) during pregnancy
9. Maternal obesity and risk of neural tube defects
10. Antihistamines are safe during the first trimester
11. Caffeine during pregnancy?: In Moderation
12. Antimalarial drugs for rheumatoid disease during pregnancy
13. Nicotine replacement therapy during pregnancy
14. Safety of colchicines therapy during pregnancy
15. Use of warfarin during pregnancy
16. Can we use anxiolytics during pregnancy without anxiety? In moderation
17. Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy: Evidence-based treatment algorithm
18. Can herbal products be used safely during pregnancy?
19. Taking ACE inhibitors during pregnancy: Is it safe?
20. Prolonged exposure to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors during pregnancy: Fetal toxicity could be reversible
21. Low-molecular-weight heparins during pregnancy
22. Drinking alcohol while breastfeeding: Will it harm my baby?
23. Multivitamin supplements for pregnant women: New insights
24. Folic acid and neural tube defects: Good news at last!
25. Safety of gadolinium during pregnancy
26. Taking ginger for nausea and vomiting during pregnancy
27. Occupational exposure to inhaled anesthetic: Is it a concern for pregnant women?
28. Using corticosteroids during pregnancy: Are topical, inhaled, or systemic agents associated with risk?
29. Nonsteroidal anit-inflammatory drugs for rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy
30. Is topical tretinoin safe during the first trimester?
31. How to ensure fetal safety when mothers use isotretinoin (Accutane)
32. Young women taking isotretinoin still conceive: Role of physicians in preventing disaster
33. Hypothyroidism during pregnancy
34. Effects of prenatal exposure to marijuana
35. Marijuana use and breastfeeding
36. Metformin use during the first trimester of pregnancy: Is it safe?
37. Is the fetus safe when spermicides fail?
38. Acid-suppressing drugs during pregnancy
39. Counseling pregnant women who are treated with paroxetine
40. Discontinuing antidepressants and benzodiazepines upon becoming pregnant
41. Risks of untreated depression during pregnancy
42. Taking antidepressants during late pregnancy: How should we advise women?
43. Taking St. John’s wort during pregnancy
44. Trimethoprim-sulfonamide combination therapy in early pregnancy
45. Influenza vaccination during pregnancy
46. Antiretroviral treatment of maternal HIV infection
Gideon Koren, MD is Director of the Motherisk Program at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Professor of Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Medicine, and Medical Genetics at the University of Toronto, Canada. The author of over 800 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, and books, including Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy: State of the Art 2000 (The Motherisk Program), he is a Diplomat of the American College of Medical Toxicology and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as well as a Senior Scientist of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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