Abstract

PROHIBITED DRUGS IN PREGNANCY: A REVIEW

Akash H. Mali*, Chaitanya J. Sonawane, Kunal B. Patil and Azam Z. Shaikh

ABSTRACT

Pregnancy is beginning of new life. It start with conception and continues through the fetus and finally ends at birth. It is not illness. Pregnancy is process which results into contunation of the species. Drugs play important role in important role in improving the health and promoting well- being. However to produce desire effect, they have to be safe, effacious and have to be used. Certain drug given during pregnancy may harmful to unborn child is one of the classical problem in the medical treatment. The main purpose of this review is to prepare a list of safe medications which can be taken during pregnancy with unsafe and highly contraindicated drugs. And also a quick reference for health care professionals. For many drugs, good pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data in pregnancy and parturition are lacking. For other drugs, recent studies demonstrate major pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic changes that require dose adjustment in pregnancy, but current dosing guidelines do not reflect these data.

Keywords: Drug used in pregnancy, Pharmacokinetic, Drug Categories.