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Selected References:

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  • Ostensen M & Ostensen H. 1996. Safety of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs in pregnant patients with rheumatic disease. J Rheumatol 23:1045 1049.
  • Spencer JP et al. 2001. Medications in the Breast-feeding Mother. Am Fam Physician. Jul 64(1):119-127.
  • Tanaka S et al. 2016. Prediction of fetal ductus arteriosus constriction by systemic and local dermatological formulations of NSAIDs based on PK/PD analysis. In J Clin Pharmacol Ther. Oct; 54(10);782-94.

*October 2020