WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 1998: Re: a strange question

Re: a strange question

From: Joseph Pastorek, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:25:13 -0500 (CDT)

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Received: (from anonymous@obgyn.net) by talk.obgyn.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA16620 for WOMENS-HEALTH@OBGYN.net; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:30:31 -0500 Message-Id: <199806300130.UAA16620@talk.obgyn.net> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:30:30 -0500 (CDT) Errors-To: postmaster@obgyn.net Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Joseph Pastorek, MD) To: anonymous@obgyn.net In-Reply-To: <199806291431.JAA30849@talk.obgyn.net> X-Original-Sender: 172-99-209.ipt.aol.com @ 152.172.99.209 Subject: Re: Use of cipro during pregnancy

At Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Qing wrote: >
>Hi, I have a question about a medicine my wife took during her early
>pregnancy.
>
>Her last period started on March 26. We tried to have the baby from
>April 5-7.
>She had a urine infection on April 10. We didn't realize that she was
>pregnant and she took cipro from April 10-20,
>1 pill per day.
>
>Is this medicine going to have serious effect on the embryo? From the
>books we read, at that time the embryo had not been attached to the
>uterus. Are there any ways that we can find out if there is any defect
>on the baby?
>
>We heard the baby's heart beat last weekend. It was normal.
>
>Thanks a lot.
>
>--
>Qing
>

Qing:

Cipro (ciprofloxacin) and the other quinolone antibiotics (ofloxacin, etc) are contraindicated in pregnancy for theoretical reasons because of their effects on ADOLESCENT dogs' cartilage (i.e., joint problems). There has never been an adverse effect on HUMANS like this, to my knowledge, and no problems in pregnancy that I am aware of. We still advise against their use in pregnancy, but only for theoretical reasons.

I might add that their use in adolescent HUMANS is relatively contraindicated for the same reasons, but they have been used in complicated cases, such as children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis and difficult to treat pneumonias, with no ill effects. So far, then, nothing bad unless you're a beagle.

Dr. Joe

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