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Re: Robitussin DM (Dextromethorphan) Dangerous if used to GET pg?

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 6 Mar 2003 07:12:51 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Jody wrote: >
>I'm sitting here just freaked out! I took Robitussin DM back when I got
>pg with ds (almost 4). I received improper info from somewhere on the
>net that the "DM" was the kind I was supposed to use (now know this
>isn't right).
>
>I'm just so freaked because my son was born with hydrocephalus. My
>question is, I read that a PREGNANT woman taking dextromethorphan may
>(according to the chicken embryo study) be placing her baby in greater
>risk of birth defect, but when you use the stuff to GET pg, you use it
>before implantation even occurs (around ovulation).

Dextromethorphan si pregnancy Category "C". That means it has been shown to cause problems in animals, but there is no evidence that it does in humans.

Can THAT really >cause birth defects?

Very Unlikely

How? Does it somehow pass through the cervical >mucous and into the sperm's DNA or the egg?
>
>TIA,
>
>Jody

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