Re: Pregnancy and procardia

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At Thu, 22 May 2003, Sam wrote: >
>My wife is in the 31st week and given her age and twin pregnancy she is
>considered high risk. To date her pregnancy has been problem free
>(minor swelling feet/hands only) and the babies have had good weight
>gain 3lbs 2 oz and 3 lbs. Her specialist (high risk/sonograms)
>recommended that she go on bedrest based on significant changes in the
>cervix (it is getting short) - what questions should I ask regarding
>these changes?. Of concern to me and my wife is that she prescribed
>Procardia 10 mg once every six hours - to prevent early contractions and
>thus extend the pregnancy even though my wife has not had any symptons
>of contractions. The doctor said that procardia has been used for
>pregnancy for decades. All of the info I have found on the web
>indicates that procardia does little if anything, but has been known to
>cause severe problems in animal fetus during testing. Should I be
>concerned about Procardia's impact on the babies?. Not being an expert
>I would rather not have her go on any medication unless there is a valid
>reason - not just as a precaution when it appears that there is no
>tangible proof of benefits. Also is there a difference between using
>Procardia and Procardia XL for pregnancy term extension? I read a recent
>NY Times article about the use of progesterone to prolong pregancy being
>a major breakthrough. Any comments on this?

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Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
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Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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