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Tocolytics are used in preterm labor, which refers to when a baby is born too early before 37 weeks of pregnancy. As preterm birth represents one of the leading causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality, the goal is to prevent neonatal morbidity and mortality through delaying delivery and increasing gestational age by gaining more time for other management strategies like corticosteroids ...
Nadolol is used to treat hypertension and for long-term treatment of angina pectoris and is approved by the FDA for these purposes. [8]It is regularly used off-label [8] for control of heart rate in people with atrial fibrillation, [9] prevention of migraine headaches; [10] prevention of bleeding veins in people with portal hypertension caused by cirrhosis; [4] and to treat people with high ...
Sodium channel blockers are used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia. They are classified as "Type I" in the Vaughan Williams classification. Class I antiarrhythmic agents interfere with the (Na +) channel. Class I agents are grouped by their effect on the Na + channel, and by their effect on cardiac action potentials. Class I agents are ...
The consequences of treatment with β-blocker during pregnancy are disputable. Some studies report a connection between β-blocker treatment and small for-gestational-age (SGA) of newborns and pre-term birth, while others do not. [34] Based on meta-analyses, first trimester oral β-blocker use showed no increase in odds of major congenital ...
[7] [12] [13] HYVET study showed that indapamide (sustained release), with or without perindopril as antihypertensive treatment in persons 80 years of age or older with sustained systolic blood pressure of 160 mmHg or higher, demonstrated significant reduction in all-cause mortality when treated to a target of 150/80 mmHg, but there was found ...
In some cases, for example, if the mother has epilepsy or diabetes, the risk of stopping a medication may be worse than risks associated with taking the medication while pregnant. The mother's healthcare professional will help make these decisions about the safest way to protect the health of both the mother and unborn child. [4]
Infections in pregnancy also raise particular concerns about whether or not to use drugs in pregnancy (that is, antibiotics or antivirals) to treat them. For example, pregnant women who contract H1N1 influenza infection are recommended to receive antiviral therapy with either oseltamivir (which is the preferred medication) or zanamivir. [11]
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.