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Drugs And Substances To Avoid In Pregnancy

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Most women know that some drugs and food are dangerous during pregnancy. These can affect either the mother, baby or both. To be on the safer side, they seek advice from pharmacists or other healthcare persons including Google. They may also look up to their parents or other mother's. The amount of information that keeps coming sometimes overwhelms them into more confusion. They end up in more serious doubts. The amount of information available for pregnant women is high. But most are limited to theory. Very few are from reputable research work. This is because of the complications of carrying out research on pregnant women. The few available are mostly from a few groups of pregnant women or random personal experience during practice. Unsafe medications and substances in pregnancy Drugs To Avoid In Pregnancy I have come to realise that most drugs claimed to be contraindicated in pregnancy are not really dangerous at therapeutic doses. Others are safe over a short duration. But the ...

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