Medications and Pregnancy

Drugs and pregnancy do not always mix as a drug that is effective on the mother may be harmful to the child.

Drugs: a hazard for baby

Many drugs can pass into the fetal blood in the placenta. Indeed, this barrier is permeable to oxygen and nutrients, but also to certain drugs.

The drugs concerned are mainly those who will find themselves in the bloodstream. This mode of action of said track General combines the drugs used in an oral, trans dermal, rectal, sub lingual and injection.
Some medications can cause birth defects in the unborn child. The consequences of taking these drugs vary depending on the time taken during pregnancy. Drug toxicity may be expressed even before conception.
Never take a medication without medical advice, even if this drug is sold without a prescription.


Warning: a drug that was approved in early pregnancy may possibly be cons-indicated in recent months.

Advertise always there in your pregnancy when you are with health professionals (doctor, pharmacist, nurse, etc..).

A wary and avoid outside
medical prescriptions:

Do not do self-medication during pregnancy!

aspirin and all its derivatives;
syrups and cough products;
laxatives chemical and paraffin oil;
synthetic vitamins (A and D);
antibiotics (those containing cycling);
anxiolytics and tranquilizers;
some vaccines are not recommended such as vaccines against rubella,
measles, chickenpox, mumps and polio by mouth;

Forbidden: Thalidomide, the Disturbing, and Sarajane.

It should also pay special attention to calcium bromide, and the calibrater's neurological.