Re: safety of antibiotics while pregnant

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Cephalexin is one of the most commonly used antibiotics for water infections in pregnancy .... because it is seen to be safe! Virtually no drugs have licences for use in pregnancy because of the difficulty and expense of proving they are by research. The penicillins and cephalosporins have an excellent safety record though.

Remember ... accept no medicine when you are pregnant ...from any source without satisfying yourself that the person prescribing has considered its safety in pregnancy. I often get patients taking homeopathic or herbal remedies without checking the constituents or their safety ... but they would ask about prescribed medicines!

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Ross Welch
Consultant in Fetomaternal medicine
Duchess of Westminster Wing
Arrowe Park Hospital
Upton, Wirral.
UK

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