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Re: drugs and pregnancy

From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 10 Aug 2000 23:33:14 -0500 (CDT)


At Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Laurie wrote: >
>Dr. gave me a prescription for sulphur drug for bladder infection. I
>am ovulating today and am trying to conceive. The pharmacist says that
>the drug can cause birth defects. When are you considered pregnant for
>the purposes of drugs passing to the fetus and causing defects, at
>conception or at implantation?
>
>--
>Laurie Parent

You do not have to worry until after implantation, so go ahead and use the medication now -- and good luck getting pregnant! >

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

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