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Prescription Medication During Pregnancy

What To Know About Taking Prescription Medication During Pregnancy

February 13, 2017/in Dangerous Drugs /by damg

Despite incredible advances in medicine, one segment of the population has not been intensely studied: pregnant women. While much is known about how to care for a pregnant woman, very little is known about how medications affect unborn children. Despite a wide knowledge gap, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 70% of pregnant women take at least one prescription medication during pregnancy.

For pregnant women considering taking prescription medications, there are several things to understand. Because very little is known about how medications work differently in pregnant women, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classifies medications into five different categories based on what clinical evidence suggests about their safety.

The FDA only classifies a dozen prescription medications as completely safe for use by pregnant women. While many medications are determined to be reasonably safe, the reality is there is a shortage on clinical data.

To determine if pregnant women can safely take a medication, the FDA looks at both clinical trials in humans and in animals. Unfortunately, there are serious limitations when looking at clinical trials in humans because pregnant woman are mostly excluded from clinical trials.

What Could Happen?

The two most common occurrences when pregnant women take prescription medication are the medication is ineffective or the medication causes birth defects. Both scenarios can be extremely dangerous and threaten the life of both the mother and the baby. Children born with birth defects often require a lifetime of care, extensive medical treatment, and special education for development.

Because of the serious side effects prescription medication can have on both mother and child, it’s crucial that drug companies provide consumers with all available information about the safety and risks associated with their drugs. This allows patients and their doctors to make informed decisions about whether prescription drugs are safe during pregnancy.

Dangerous Prescription Drugs

From antidepressants to anti-seizure medication, many drugs have proven harmful to pregnant women and their babies. Unfortunately, there are an even greater number of drugs whose dangerous side effects to pregnant mothers and unborn babies are yet unknown. When a child suffers birth defects as a result of a medication taken by its mother during pregnancy, families have a legal right to seek compensation.

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Time To Clean Out The Medicine Cabinet

July 12, 2016/in Dangerous Drugs /by damg

Pharmaceutical companies like Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, and Bayer AG produce some of the most popular medications and products in the healthcare industry. However, this doesn’t mean the products they produce are always safe. Some of the most common products in your medicine cabinet may have very serious risks.

Dangerous Products You Might Have In Your Medicine Cabinet:

  • Baby powder – Studies linking the talc in baby powder to an increased risk of ovarian cancer have existed for decades, but a recent study found African American women in particular have a 44% increased rate of ovarian cancer from baby powder use.
  • Nexium – This might be your go to choice for heartburn relief, but Nexium has been linked to a variety of side effects including chronic kidney disease and kidney failure. If this wasn’t enough, a study published in the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases found patients taking Nexium are more likely to develop osteoporosis.
  • Prilosec – Prilosec might best be known by its television commercial “face,” Larry the Cable Guy. But don’t let the comical commercials fool you. Prilosec users have up to a 96% increased chance of developing end-stage kidney failure within five years of starting to use the medication.
  • Tylenol – The main ingredient in Tylenol, called acetaminophen, can cause serious liver damage over time. Taking just eight pills of extra strength Tylenol within twenty-four hours could greatly increase your risk of liver damage.

All of these consumer products are currently the subjects of various lawsuits alleging the manufacturers failed to warn consumers of the associated risks, and it doesn’t look good for the manufacturers. Baby powder lawsuit verdicts have already come down on the side of the plaintiff in three separate trials, and more are scheduled to begin this September. If you discover any of these products in your medicine cabinet and you experienced an illness while using them or shortly thereafter, you may have a claim for financial damages..

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