Re: PLEASE READ IF YOU HAVE USED METROGEL DURING PREGNANCY

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At Fri, 9 May 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>At Fri, 9 May 2003, amy wrote:
>>
>>OKAY ...I HAVE EMAILED ONCE AND ALSO READ THE ARCHIVES. I FOUND
>>RESPONSES FROM MDS SAYING THAT METROGEL(FOR A VAGINAL INFECTION) SHOULD
>>NOT HARM THE BABY ECT...BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE
>>ALREDAY USED THE GEL (INSERTED VAGINALLY ) AND HAVE FIRSTHAND INFO ON
>>WHETHER IT WAS SAFE FOR THEM OR NOT. I AM 13 WEEKS PREGNANT AND VERY
>>WORRIED ALREADY (I HAVE HAD THREE MISCARRIAGES ) ...MY BABY HAS A STRONG
>>HEARTBEAT NOW AND I HAVE NEVER MADE IT THIS FAR ALONG BEFORE EXCEPT FOR
>>MY ONE SUCCESFUL PREGNANCY (MY BEAUTIFUL 7 YEAR OLD:)...I JUST AM SO
>>AFRAID OF THE WARNINGS ON THE BOX EVEN THOUGH MY DOC PRESCRIBED IT. I
>>WILL FEEL SO MUCH BETTER AFTER HEARING FROM SOMEONE ELSE ON THE SUBJECT
>>THANKS SOOO MUCH...
>>
>>--
>>worry wart in texas:)....amy
>
>Amy,
>If you well go back and check the post from the past couple of days you
>well find that someone did post saying that they had used the gel and
>had no problems with their baby. The one thing that the other posters
>have stated is that the infection HAS TO GO. It can end up causing more
>harm then the medication that your doctor prescribed to you. Women have
>ended up with miscarriages because they had an infection that was not
>treated. Have you tried doing a search online for what has been said
>about this gel? If not try it and see what pops up. Any time I have
>been given a medication during pregnancy I have checked it out online to
>see what it says. One thing that you well find is that most medications
>have a warning label on them when it comes to pregnant women taking
>them. Most medications have not been "officially" tested on pregnant
>women. So they have to put the warning label on there. If I were you I
>would trust your doc. Chances are he prescribes this to all his
>pregnant patients that have these type of infections.
>
>--
>Shelie
>

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