List Of Routine Antenatal Drugs Given In Hospital To Pregnant Women
There is a list of antenatal drugs. They are also called prenatal vitamins. They are routine drugs given to pregnant women. They have different functions. Pregnant woman Food alone may not be able to provide all the vitamin needs of a pregnant woman or adequate enough. The major reason for antenatal drugs is to supplement food vitamin and mineral and eventually prevent miscarriage, prevent birth defect and protect the mother. Pregnant women who fail to take them stand a higher risk of any of the above. Read Also: Everything about antenatal care (ANC) in Nigeria hospital In the hospital, pregnant women who attend antenatal or clinics are placed on routine drugs. There are five routine drugs given to pregnant women in Nigerian hospitals. Let us take a look at them and why they are important. List Of Routine Antenatal Drugs Iron/Fesulf/Ferrous Sulphate Iron is one of the building blocks of red blood cells (RBC). The RBC if pregnant women double. So they need to make extra RBC. The on...
