Teratogen
thyroid medication, blood thinners, and lithium are just a few examples. In these cases, female patients should work carefully with their doctors to determine if an alternative treatment is possible before and during pregnancy. In some cases the danger of birth defects is limited to a certain part of the pregnancy, and medication can be started again after that period has passed. Other medications can be safely restarted with the baby’s birth. Some medications also pass through breast milk, however, and if they cannot be avoided the mother may need to choose formula feeding instead.
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The anticoagulant (“blood- thinner”) coumadin is a known teratogen, an agent that can disturb the development of the embryo and fetus and lead to birth defects. Coumadin taken by a woman during pregnancy can cause bleeding into the baby’s brain (cerebral hemorrhage), underdevelopment (hypoplasia) of the baby’s nose and stippling of the ends (the epiphyses) […]
- Teratogen, Ecstasy as
1441-1442.) This study was not large enough to prove a link between Ecstasy and birth defects, but these initial findings indicate that Ecstasy should be avoided by pregnant women.
- Teratogen, warfarin as
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Teratogen and Teratogenic drugs.
- Teratogenic drugs
thiouracil/propylthiouracil and carbimazole/methimazole. Cocaine. DES (diethylstilbestrol), a hormone. Thalidomide (Thalomid) which was approved by the FDA for the treatment of a complication of leprosy (erythema nodosum leprosum).