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Medication

For a preassignment in our maternity class we are assigned a medication. The goal is to find indications, effects, etc that this drug has in a pregnant individual. I have a drug book and David drug guide online but was wondering if there was a resource that was specific to drugs and their effects during pregnancy.

I ask because most resources are generic and say something along the lines of checking with a physician before using if pregnant or nursing.

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    when I was nursing I asked the pharmacy and they did have a special book....but with drugs you should be looking for the "pregnancy classification" that's in all drug books.

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    Hmmm... I did look at the classification you mentioned but it had a very brief description about if the drug was tested in pregnant women/animals, am I missing something?

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    I think you're looking for the FDA pregnancy categories, listed here: FDA Pregnancy Categories - CHEMM

    For specific side effects/potential consequences posed to pregnant women and/or the developing fetus, you will likely need to look more in-depth (either online, in a textbook, at a study, or at reported/investigative evidence) to find that information as most drug books won't go into that kind of detail.

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