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found this on an OB website for high risk pregnancies...


Table 2. Some Medications Considered Safe for Use During Pregnancy

Condition


Medication
# Asthma Budesonide inhaled or nasal spray (Pulmicort®,
Rhinocort ®)
# Bladder infection (UTI) Nitrofurantoin (Macrobid®)
- Avoid in patients with possible G6PD deficiency
# Cough Dextromethrophan (Robitussin DM sugar free ®)
# Constipation Metamucil® , Citrucel®,
# Docusate (Colace®, Ducolax ®)
# Milk of magnesia.
# Polyethyelene glycol (Miralax®)
# Diabetes Insulin
# Glyburide (Micronase®)
# Metformin (Glucophage®)
# Diarrhea Loperamide (Imodium A-D ®)
# Gas Simethicone (Gas-X ®, Mylicon ®, Phazyme ®)
# Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Ranitidine (Zantac®)
# Cimetidine (Tagamet®)
# Hayfever, sneezing, runny nose, itchy watery eyes Chlorpheniramine (Chlor-Trimeton ®,Efidac ®,
Teldrin ®)
# Diphenhydramine (Benadryl ®) Clemastine (Tavist
Allergy ®)
# Headache or fever: Acetaminophen (APAP,Paracetamol,Panadol,
Tylenol®)
# Heartburn TUMs®
# Hemorrhoids Tucks®
# Preparation H®
# Anusol
®
# High blood pressure Methyldopa (Aldomet®)
# Hyperprolactinemia Bromocriptine (Parlodel®)
# Carbergoline (Dostinex®)
# Hypothyroidism Thyroid hormone
# Levothyroxine (Synthroid ®, Levoxyl ®)
# Infection Acyclovir (Zovirax ®)
# Azthitromycin (Zithromax ®)
# Cepaholosporins
examples: Cephalexin (Keflex®),
Cefazolin (Ancef ®), cefaclor (Ceclor®)
# Clindamycin (Cleocin®)
# Erythromycin
# Penicillins
example Amoxicillin (Amoxil®),
Amoxicillin Clavulanate (Augmentin®),
methicillin, carbenicillin
# Metronidazole (Flagyl®)

# Insomnia Doxylamine
(Unisom Sleep Tabs® )
# Motion sickness Dimenhydrinate (Dramamine ®)
# Nasal congestion Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed ®)
-Avoid in first trimester.
# Nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose, itchy watery eyes Actifed Cold and Allergy ®

Ingredients: Triprolidine, Pseudoephedrine
-Avoid in first trimester.
# Nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose, itchy watery eyes, fever, and headache Actifed Cold and Sinus ®

Ingredients: Acetaminophen, Chlorpheniramine,
Pseudoephedrine- Avoid in first trimester.
# Nausea Ginger
# Pyridoxine 25 mg PO TID WITH

# Unisom Sleep Tabs (Doxylamine Succinate 25 mg) 1/2 tablet TIDMetoclopramide (Reglan ®
)
# Preeclampsia Magnesium sulfate
# Vaginal yeast infection Clotrimazole cream (Gyne-Lotrimin®)

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