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Medication and pregnancy

07/01/2009

Question:

Dear expert,

If a pregnant woman needs to take oral medication, what trimester of pregnancy is the crucial time that she should not take the medicine if possible, and why?

Answer:

Different medications can effect pregnancy at different times in pregnancy.  The answer to your question depends upon the medication.

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Response by:

University of Cincinnati Arthur T. Ollendorff, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Arthur T. Ollendorff, MD