Medication Safety
Please consult with Dr. Morice, Drewitz, or Price as some medications do not have a very straightforward safety profile.
You may refer to the handout given in your initial OB bag at your first visit.
Below is a list of the FDA classification of medications as they are used in pregnancy. These classifications sometimes change, so consultation with your physician is advised:
Category A - These drugs have been demonstrated not to pose any risks to human fetuses.
Category B - These drugs are believed not to pose any significant risk to human fetuses, based on what has been learned from animal or human studies.
Category C - These drugs may or may not be harmful to human fetuses. The data is inconclusive, either because no studies have been done or because any adverse effects that have been demonstrated have shown up in animal rather than human studies.
Category D - These drugs are known to pose a threat to human fetuses, but they may be Commonly found in cases where the benefits of using the drug outweighs these risks.
Category X - These drugs have been proven to cause fetal abnormalities in humans and should not be used by under any circumstances during pregnancy. (In other words, Category X drugs are FDA-approved, but they are not to be used by pregnant women.)
