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Re: Levaquin and pregnancy

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 26 May 2001 09:28:30 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 24 May 2001, angely wrote: >
>Last week I was diagnosed with pneumonia ( at 14 weeks pregnant)and was
>put on Biaxin and then Levaquin. I know that they are catagory C drugs
>and it may or maynot affect my baby. My question is if it does affect
>the baby, what kind of troubles should I prepare myself for? Has there
>been data on women who gave birth to perfectly healty babies after
>taking such drugs?

in rat studies there weren't a lot of adverse effects noted. Neither has been studied in humans. Reports of exposure to levaquin did not show a rate of malformations much different from hte usual, background rate. However, levaquin is still considered to be contraindicated in pregnancy.

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG South Lake Tahoe, CA

author, Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide available in all major bookstores and on-line at amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761526986/o/qid˜6597740/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/103-7407404-7691069http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761526986/o/qid˜6597740http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761526986/o/qid˜6597740/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/103-7407404-7691069http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761526986/o/qid˜6597740/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/103-7407404-7691069

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