Providing Better Information on Medication Safety in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Pregnancy studies, also known as pregnancy exposure registries, gather valuable information about how medications, vaccines, and health conditions might affect a pregnancy. These studies are observational, which means participants are not asked to take medications or make changes to their medical treatments or healthcare choices. Some participants may be taking medications or received vaccines, while others have …
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When Your Bundle of Joy Comes with a Bundle of Questions - We’re Your Experts MotherToBaby is the nation’s most trusted source of evidence-based information on medications and other exposures during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. MotherToBaby Fact Sheets summarize all the available scientific information to determine whether or not parents and their developing babies are at risk because of an exposure. We offer over 250 Fact Sheets on a wide variety of exposure topics that are available …
Fact Sheet: Antiviral Medications to Prevent/Treat Influenza (the Flu)
This sheet is about exposure to antiviral medications in pregnancy and while breastfeeding. This information is based on available published literature. It should not take the place of medical care and advice from your healthcare provider. What are antiviral medications and what do they do? Antiviral medications treat viral illnesses. This fact sheet focuses on antiviral medications used to treat influenza (the “flu”). Symptoms of influenza may include fever, headache, chills, muscle …
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About MotherToBaby MotherToBaby, a service of the non-profit Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS), is the nation’s leading authority and most trusted source of evidence-based information on the benefit or risk of medications and other exposures during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. We specialize in answering questions about the benefit/risk of exposures, such as medications, vaccines, chemicals, herbal products, substances of abuse, maternal health conditions and much …
