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Re: zyrtec

From: Vera (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Apr 2001 19:43:39 -0500 (CDT)

Dear Dawn,

>My name is Dawn Powell and I am 20 weeks pregnant. I am really suffering
>with allergies and last week my doctor presribed Zyrtec. Is it safe to
>take? I have been cutting the pills in two. If I don't take it, I can't
>sleep because of the congestion and headache. I don't know what to do b/c I
>looked up Zyrtec on the internet and there have been no studies done for
>pregnant women.

Zyrtec (cetirizine) is a pregnancy category B drug. According to one prospective controlled study (Einarson A - Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol - 1997 Feb; 78(2): 183-6), there was no significant differences found between cetirizine group and control group in the pregnancy outcome: mean birth weight, mode of delivery, gestational age, or presence of neonatal distress. 

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Vera, S.Ked.
Sixth-year medical student in Diponegoro University
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