Forum: Medications and Pregnancy

This includes medications used for pain. Opiates, and other analgesics.

Medications used in arthritic and other autoimmune syndromes.

Oral antibiotics, antifungals and antivirals

Chemotherapeutic agents and other agents used in cancer.

Medicinals that affect blood clotting and coagulation mechanisms.

Includes those medications used to treat convulsive seizures, and in some cases other syndromes such as neuropathy or mania.

Medications use to treat depression in general and other syndromes such as ADHD, Anxiety syndromes, etc.

Antihistamines, anticholinergics, decongestants, and other cold remedies.

Medications used to treat elevated blood pressures. Beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, and others.

Drugs used for lice, scabies, and other internal/GI parasites such as malaria, etc.

Medications for schizophrenia, mania, and other such CNS syndromes. Thorazine, respiridone, olanzapine, etc.

Amphetamines, methylphenidate(Ritalin), etc.

Oral, injectable, and topical contraceptives.

Medications used to treat diabetes mellitus.

Place here only what you can document. I'm not a big herbal fan due to our relative ignorance of this subject in breastfeeding mothers.

This is for those medications that don't really fall into one of the other categories.

Drugs with contain radioactive isotopes. This does NOT include radiocontrast or radiopaque agents.

Agents used for MRI or CAT scans and various other radiologic procedures.

Sedative drugs such as the Valium family, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, etc. This does not include narcotics.

Includes corticosteroids used for inflammation, and taken orally, inhaled, injected or used topically.

Many other topical medications. Does not include steroids.

Vitamins, minerals, etc. Again post only what you can document.