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Recreational drug use in pregnancy
By Maria Muennich on 14/08/2008 15:00:28
What are the risks posed to a developing baby by drug use in pregnancy, and what should you do if you have an illicit drug habit?
For obvious reasons, the research available for the direct impact of maternal drug use on pregnancy is patchy. What evidence there is suggests that most illegal drugs are, unsurprisingly, potentially damaging for a developing baby. Studies have
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Are doctors too cautious with drugs in pregnancy?
By ThinkBaby on 18/01/2006 01:09:43
Head of prescribing at the Royal College of GPs fears drugs companies are excluding pregnant women from safe medicines.
.Since then, and with continued research, many drugs companies have become quite rightly wary of classifying some drugs as suitable for use during pregnancy.However, Dr Kennedy now believes that the culture of caution and litigation means there are too many
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Cheap fertility drugs need to be controlled
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 21/04/2010 13:00:40
Fertility expert comments on the need for fertility drug control to help keep multiple birth numbers down
Leading fertility expert Professor Bill Ledger has commented about cheap fertility drugs and the need for tighter control of them on the BBC’s weekly health piece Scrubbing Up.The problem lies in the chances of having a multiple birth. Multiple
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Flu treatment drugs safe for pregnant women
By Kimberley Smith on 28/04/2010 16:41:03
US study confirms the safety of common influenza drugs for expectant mums
The safety of flue treatment drugs Tamiflu, Relenza and Flumadine has been confirmed.The retrospective study analysed the medical records of 8, 239 pregnant women who gave birth at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Texas between 2003 and 2008. Of these
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Asda to cut IVF drugs cost by up to £820
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 03/03/2010 14:39:08
Asda plans to offer customers IVF drugs at cost price, undercutting other big rivals
Supermarket giant Asda has said that it intends to offer customers IVF drugs at cost price. Asda has claimed it will charge £1,174.41 for the hormones that are required for one IVF treatment cycle.According to the Asda, the eight drugs - a combo
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Drug that reduces risk of premature birth approved in US
By Kimberley Smith on 08/02/2011 13:25:01
Prevention of premature birth given a boost as US approves drug to help reduce the chances of at-risk mums going into labour early
A new drug to prevent preterm birth has been approved by the US Food and Drug Association. The drug, Makena, has shown promising results in trials but needs more research before it is likely to be available in the UK.Given to mums-to-be by injection
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Pregnant women 'should be given drugs to beat morning sickness'
By Susan Verity on 18/04/2011 13:30:01
As cases of morning sickness reported to hospitals treble, medical experts say pregnant women are being denied effective drugs
Medical experts have called for women suffering from morning sickness to be prescribed drugs.Their request comes on the back of figures which show that hospital admissions for morning sickness have almost trebled. In 2006-2007 (the last year
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Could heart disease drugs help treat pre-eclampsia?
By Joanna Harvey on 21/04/2011 13:23:42
Common cholesterol treatment thought to be the solution for pregnant women suffering from this pregnancy complication
Prescribed tablets, taken by millions of Britons to reduce cholesterol levels, could help thousands of pregnant women suffering from pre-eclampsia, according to scientists.Pre-eclampsia affects 70,000 pregnancies a year in Britain, and if the world’s first full clinical trial is ...
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Birth stories: Labour without drugs
By Michaela Kennard on 21/04/2008 10:08:26
Conventional pain relief? Not for us!
Michaela Kennard, 39, from Kent is mum to 16-year-old Marcel and 17-month-old Lucas. For her second labour she hired a homeopathic birthing kit that helped her to have the home birth she really wanted – without medical intervention or drugs
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Birth stories: Labour without drugs
By Susan Lawson on 21/04/2008 09:56:24
Conventional pain relief? Not for us!
I delivered the placenta without the need for drugs and then Greig cut the cord. The time after Barnie was born was magical. Those first moments are private and special, and you can hold on to them for longer when you are in a pool. As soon as you
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