ENDO Messages for December, 2004: Re: Getting pregnant and taking pain pills

Re: Getting pregnant and taking pain pills

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Dec 21 11:08:30 2004

Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
Next message: Stacy: "Re: Getting pregnant and taking pain pills"
Previous message: Kae: "Re: Ive been having pain constantly not only with my period STEPHANIE"
In reply to: Kim: "Getting pregnant and taking pain pills"
Next in thread: Candace: "Re: Getting pregnant and taking pain pills"
Reply: Candace: "Re: Getting pregnant and taking pain pills"

I urge you to very carefully read all the information available on the medications you take (including all herbal and vitamin preparations). For presecription meds you only get the patient information part of the drug's entire monograph - to get the whole story you can go to http://www.rxlist.com and get all the scientific information. They even have listings and information for most of the commonly used herbs and vitamins. Just because it's 'natural' doesn't mean it is safe.

Generally anything rated a Category A is safe to take throughout pregnancy, Category B may have some restriction about how and when to take it during pregnancy and Category C is a NO-NO.

NSAIDS and aspirin related products will probably have to be discontinued during the last few weeks as it can cause some bleeding problems. You'll want to carefully monitor anything that contains Iodine (a toxic build-up is possible and will affect the baby's thyroid which could result in dwarfism or stunted growth). Of course you will also want to monitor anything containing Sodium but Sea Salt gives you the double whammy of sodium and iodine. If you have fish allergies this is of particular interest to you.

For ordinary colds, you can often find enough symptom relief from the children's medications to remain functional through your day without posing any harm to the baby. The biggest difference between child and adult cold medicines is #1 alcohol content and #2 increased dosage. You may find that the children's dosage or formula is quite adequate.

Before conceiving, make a list of all the medicines, prescription and over-the-counter, herbs and vitamins you and your husband take, read the labels to see what ALL of the ingredients are, even the filler ingredients, and then carefully research all the information about them, how they work, why they work and what the Category rating is. If there is no category rating, do not assume it is safe to use during pregnancy, it simply means it does not fall under FDA regulations which also means it is probably not classified as having PROVEN medical benefits.

Good luck!

At Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Kim wrote: >
>I have had endo for 3 years now and my doctor suggested my husband and I
>try to get pregnant. I have started eating a healthy diet and taking
>prenatal vitamins, but my question is will taking pain pills hurt my
>chances to get pregnant? Has anyone gotten pregnant while taking pain
>pills? Any ideas will help. Thank you.
>
>--
>Kim Irvin
>

Next message: Stacy: "Re: Getting pregnant and taking pain pills"
Previous message: Kae: "Re: Ive been having pain constantly not only with my period STEPHANIE"
In reply to: Kim: "Getting pregnant and taking pain pills"
Next in thread: Candace: "Re: Getting pregnant and taking pain pills"
Reply: Candace: "Re: Getting pregnant and taking pain pills"

use when must restrict search to only the endometriosis forum...
Enter search keywords:
	Returns per screen: Require all keywords: