Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
Your patient’s medication label lacks human safety information: What now?
One option is to consult a teratogen specialist who can provide information to both patients and health care providers on the reproductive hazards...
Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
Toward a clearer risk model for postpartum psychosis
Despite the growing, appropriate focus on recognition and acute treatment of postpartum depression as well as assessing clinical outcomes for...
Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
Novel drug approvals of 2020
Most of these drugs are not safe to use during pregnancy, or there are not yet data on their safety.
Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
Antifungals during pregnancy and breastfeeding
These drugs vary widely in their testing history and known teratogenicity so care should be taken during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
Reproductive safety of treatments for women with bipolar disorder
Women with bipolar disorder are at particular risk for postpartum worsening of their mood and we have noticed during the pandemic that women are...
Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
Consideration of herbal products in pregnancy and lactation
Unless otherwise scientifically demonstrated, herbal products should be considered medications with pharmacologic activity, potential adverse...
Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
Reproductive psychiatry in 2021: Old questions and new challenges
The level of anxiety associated with decisions to sustain or to discontinue treatment during pregnancy seems to have increased for some patients...
Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
Treating insomnia, anxiety in a pandemic
We have unequivocally seen a worsening of complaints of sleep disruption including insomnia and midcycle awakening during the pandemic.
Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
An assessment of asthma drugs in pregnancy
Nearly all asthma drugs will cross the placenta.
Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
PRGLAC recommendations
1. Include and integrate pregnant women and lactating women in the clinical research agenda.
Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
Safe, effective therapies: Establishing a path forward