Help Us Better Understand the Effects of Mayzent® in Pregnancy Many women need to take medication during pregnancy to appropriately manage their chronic health condition. In some cases, avoiding or stopping medication use during pregnancy may be more harmful than taking medication. Yet fewer than 10% of medications have enough information to determine their safety for use in pregnancy — this is where you come in! MotherToBaby is currently enrolling pregnant women in a study examining the …
The Baby Blog: Research
DYK: Pregnant women are excluded from clinical drug trials – huh?
When you think medication or vaccine safety, you think clinical drug trials. Right?! Clinical drug trials are research studies designed to gather information to determine whether a new medication or vaccine is safe and effective in people. However, what most people don’t know is that pregnant women are excluded from these studies when a new drug is being developed. Essentially, this means that once a medication is approved by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), it’s prescribed to …
‘Benefiting Other Moms Like Me:’ Why One Mom Chose Research Over Fear
By Beth Kiernan, MPH, Interviewer & Teratogen Information Specialist, MotherToBaby “When my RA started flaring 6 or 7 weeks postpartum, I got to the point that I could barely lift my own baby….We need more research on medications used in pregnancy as well as during breastfeeding!” I want you to meet Mariah, a participant in our MotherToBaby Rheumatoid Arthritis Study. I chatted with Mariah to learn about her experience being pregnant with a chronic medical condition and to find out what …
