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Re: Prescription drugs during pregnancy
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 30 Jan 2000 19:00:13 -0600 (CST)

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At Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Lisa wrote: >
>I have bee taking anxiety pills during my pregnancy not even considering
>the possibility of danger to the baby. I am now extremely worried. I
>have taken maybe a total of 10 from about 16 weeks gestation until just
>recently-30 weeeks.
>The medication I take for anxiety or stress is two .25mg of alprazolam.
>Could I please get some advice from a doctor on this matter I am so
>worried I may have caused harm to my baby!

Although unlikely that such a small dose should cause any problems in the second and third trimester, your doctor should check with the manufacturer since it is listed as Category C (not recommended during pregnancy - teratogenic effect (abnormalities in development, mainly in the first trimester).

-- Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS Great Neck, New York
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