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zoloft and pregnancy So influences clinical decisions. For example zoloft and pregnancy, after 24 weeks of pregnancy zoloft and pregnancy, the antibiotic tetracycline can cause permanent staining of a baby's teeth. And ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibitors zoloft and pregnancy, a group of drugs that treat high blood pressure zoloft and pregnancy, can damage a baby's kidneys in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Depending on the risks zoloft and pregnancy, doctors may adapt treatment by switching a pregnant woman to a similar drug that is safer or prescribing medicine only during a certain portion of the pregnancy. "For example zoloft and pregnancy, if a depressed woman is taking lithium zoloft and pregnancy, she may be able to briefly discontinue the medication during the period of the baby's heart form zoloft and pregnancy.
zoloft and pregnancy Ation zoloft and pregnancy, " Conover says. "Lithium use in pregnancy carries a small risk of fetal heart defects." Revamping Pregnancy Labeling Revamping pregnancy labeling is at the core of the FDA's efforts to better guide health-care professionals in making treatment decisions. Since 1975 zoloft and pregnancy, the FDA has required drug labeling to include a subsection on a drug's ability to cause birth defects and other effects on reproduction and pregnancy. Products also must be classified under one of five letter categories--A zoloft and pregnancy, B zoloft and pregnancy, C zoloft and pregnancy, D zoloft and pregnancy, and X (see the chart "Current Categories for Drug Use in Pregnancy"). A public hearing in 1997 revealed that while this category system is a start zoloft and pregnancy, it's confusing and leads to oversimplification. "The letters imply a gradation of risk that doesn't necessarily exist zoloft and pregnancy, " says the FDA's Kweder. People falsely assume that drugs labeled as category X pose the most risk in pregnancy and drugs labeled as A pose the least. But X reflects a benefit-risk judgment zoloft and pregnancy, and drugs in that category may be no more toxic than drugs called C or D. Some drugs zoloft and pregnancy, such as oral contraceptives zoloft and pregnancy, land in Category X simply because there is no reason to use them in pregnancy. And a drug can fall into Category C because there is some medium level of risk based on animal studies zoloft and pregnancy, or because no animal studies have been conducted. Since 1997 zoloft and pregnancy, the FDA ha.
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