Drugs for Pregnant and Lactating Women
Books / Hardcover
Books › Medical › Gynecology & Obstetrics
ISBN: 0443066078 / Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, October 2003
This guide details how approximately 2,000 prescription medicines, over-the-counter drugs, and herbal supplements interact with pregnancy and lactation. Entries describe each substance's mechanism of action, side effects, drug-drug interactions, dos age, cost, degree of safety, and FDA-approval status. The drugs are listed alphabetically by both trade name and generic name. Weiner and Buhimschi are doctors and teach gynecology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Yale University School of Medicine, respectively. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This single, comprehensive guide details how virtually all of today's drugs and herbal supplements interact with pregnancy and lactation. Covering nearly 2,000 substances, it indicates precisely whether each one is FDA-approved for use by expecting or nursing mothers...is known to be safe for use...or is known to pose a danger.Describes each substance's mechanism of action, side effects, drug-drug interactions, dosage, cost of therapy, and degree of safety during pregnancy or lactation.Indicates not only whether the FDA has approved a drug based on clinical trials, but also whether the drug is generally considered to be safe in the absence of FDA approval.Includes over-the-counter drugs and alternative medications as well as prescription drugs.Uses an eye-catching icon to highlight known teratogens.Makes reference easy with an alphabetical organization by both trade and generic name, a special index listing drugs by category, and a user-friendly page format.Also available as PDA software and in an economical book/PDA software package.
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