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Drugs in Pregnancy
Abstract
Before marketing a new drug, the manufacturer almost never tests the product in pregnant women to determine its effects on the fetus. Consequently, most drugs are not labeled for use during pregnancy. Typically, descriptions of drugs that appear in the Physicians' Desk Reference and similar sources contain statements such as, “Use in pregnancy is not recommended unless the potential benefits justify the potential risks to the fetus.” Since the risk has been adequately established for only a few drugs, physicians caring for pregnant women have very little information to help them decide whether the potential benefits to the mother outweigh . . .
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Metadata
- Authors
- Koren, G., Pastuszak, A., & Ito, S.
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 1998-04-16
- Volume
- 338
- Issue
- 16
- Pages
- 1128-1137
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- OpenAlex
- W2317919109
- Cited by
- 748
- References
- 9
- FWCI
- 39.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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