Pregnancy therapeutic considerations

Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy affects the majority of pregnant women the teratogenic potential of the therapy is the primary therapeutic consideration. 

Chap. 44 - Pregnancy and Lactation Therapeutic Considerations Universal Program Number 014-999-07-059-H04... 

Therapeutic considerations associated with pregnancy and lactation encompass many complex issues that affect both the mother and her child, from planning for pregnancy through lactation. Resources on the use of drugs in pregnancy and lactation include the FDA categorization system, the primary literature, textbooks, and computerized databases (e.g., the Canadian database, http //vmvw.motherisk.org). 

See Chap. 81, Pregnancy and Lactation Therapeutic Considerations, authored by Denise L. Walbrandt Pigarelli, Connie K. Kraus, and Beth E. Potter, for a more detailed discussion of this topic. 

Traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic contraindications. In Chinese and Ayurvedic therapeutic traditions, most herbs have contraindications based on an individual s constitutional strengths and weaknesses, seasons, climate, and other factors that can only be understood in the context of the specific tradition. These traditional concerns have not been included in the text unless they can also be interpreted in a modern biomedical context, such as contraindication in pregnancy. Gastrointestinal disturbances. Reports of nausea or emesis from excessive doses, or occasional and/or minor gastrointestinal disturbances, have been noted but have not been considered in establishing safety classification, unless frequency or severity of such reactions warrants consideration. 

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