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The pregnancy category of a medication is an assessment of the risk of fetal injury due to the pharmaceutical, if it is used as directed by the mother during pregnancy. It does not include any risks conferred by pharmaceutical agents or their metabolites in breast milk. Every drug has specific information listed in its product literature.
IM – Intramuscular. IV – Intravenous. IA – Intra-arterial. SC – Subcutaneous. PO – Per os, oral. IP – Intrapleural. IB – Intrabladder. Preg. cat. - Pregnancy category. The preferred pregnancy category is Australian, but if it is unavailable the pregnancy category given is American. Notes
Topical nicotinamide and topical zinc are safe, however, there are no FDA pregnancy category ratings. [27] [28] Topical salicylic acid and topical dapsone are classified as FDA pregnancy category C. [23] [28] Acne medications to avoid during pregnancy include oral isotretinoin and topical tazarotene as there have been reports of birth defects.
A systematic review of mammography screening programs reported an overdiagnosis rate of around 50%, which is the same of saying that a third of diagnosed cases of breast cancer are overdiagnosed. [13] Overdiagnosis has also been identified in chest x-ray screening for lung cancer. [14]
Category should be empty, note that one can always use any-text input in |pregnancy_AU_comment=, |pregnancy_US_comment=. This template is used on many pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's or subpages, or in your own user subpage .
The FDA pregnancy classification is removed from this infobox, and does not show any more. By FDA, it is replaced by the Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule (PLLR) of December 2014. The PLLR is descriptive, and not suitable for this infobox.
Pages in category "Drugs and pregnancy" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Generic Product Identifier (GPI) is a 14-character hierarchical classification system created by Wolters Kluwer's Medi-Span that identifies drugs from their primary therapeutic use down to the unique interchangeable product regardless of manufacturer or package size. The code consists of seven subsets, each providing increasingly more ...