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Re: PREGNANCY: Blood Pressure Meds safe for Pregnancy?
From: Lori (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:10:44 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks so much for that advice - I'll be passing this onto my GP.
At Sat, 26 Apr 2008, Garry Siegel, MD wrote:
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>Message posted on Garry Siegel, MD behalf by: Hope Waltman, Women’s
>Health Forum Moderator
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>If you have pre-existing chronic hypertension, in general, if you can
>keep the BP under 160/110 without medicine, then you don't take
>medicine. That is relatively new thinking. While attempting pregnancy,
>I don't know that there is a clear answer as to what medicines you
>should and shouldn't use per se UNTIL you're pregnant, but once pregnant
>if you need meds, then Aldomet and Labetolol are the most widely used
>ones.
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>Good luck.
>Garry Siegel, MD
>Roswell, GA
>Website: http://www.npobgyn.com/
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Lori
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