Pharmacotherapy in pregnancy and lactation

Niharika Mehta; Lucia Larson

doi:10.1016/j.ccm.2010.11.002

Pharmacotherapy in pregnancy and lactation

Clin Chest Med. 2011 Mar;32(1):43-52. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2010.11.002.

Authors

Niharika Mehta¹, Lucia Larson²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Obstetric and Consultative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA. Electronic address: NMehta@wihri.org.
² Division of Obstetric and Consultative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA.

PMID: 21277448
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2010.11.002

Abstract

Prescribing for patients who are pregnant and breastfeeding can be a challenge for clinicians facing insufficient information regarding medication safety, overestimation of perceived risk of medication both by patients and care providers, and increasing litigation costs. This article aims to guide the clinician in choosing the safest and most effective strategy when prescribing medications to patients who are pregnant and breastfeeding.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Drug-Induced
Breast Feeding
Drug Therapy*
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Female
Fetal Development / drug effects
Humans
Lactation*
Maternal-Fetal Exchange
Pregnancy Complications / drug therapy*
Pregnancy*
Pulmonary Medicine*