Maternity-meds to know

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Clomiphene

- may be used as a fertility drug, induce ovulation, common side effect: photophobia

Methylergonovine

- may be used to control postpartum hemorrhage

Choriogonadotropin alfa

-Which drug helps to achieve sufficient maturation of the ovarian follicles?

Mifepristone

-Which drug is known as an abortion pill? Mifepristone is a progesterone antagonist used to induce the voluntary termination of a pregnancy. Oxytocin is generally used to induce and enhance labor. Misoprostol and dinoprostone are given during the second trimester to induce an abortion.

Progestins

-are used for birth control.

Estradiol

-may be given to alleviate postmenopausal hot flashes.

Diethylstilbestrol (DES)

Non-steroidal estrogen agonist causes clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina in daughters of women who used it during pregnancy

Menotropins

are a standardized mixture of follicle-stimulating hormones and luteinizing hormones. These chemicals are derived from the urine of postmenopausal women.

Glucocorticoids such as betamethasone

are given to stimulate fetal lung maturity.

Oxytocin and dinoprostone

are synthetic uterine stimulants

Ergot Alkaloids

are used after delivery to prevent postpartum uterine atony and hemorrhage.

Clomiphene

is a synthetic ovulation stimulant.

Atenolol

is contraindicated in lactating woman because it enters the breast milk and may cause adverse effects to the neonate

Ritodrine

is given to promote uterine relaxation. Although ritodrine may cause fetal hyperglycemia and neonatal hypoglycemia,

Methylergonovine

is prescribed to reduce postpartum uterine hemorrhage.

Raloxifene

is used to prevent postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Nifedipine

is used to prevent preterm labor because it inhibits myometrial activity by blocking the influx of calcium.

Betamethasone

may be prescribed to promote lung maturity in a fetus during the gestation period of 24 to 34 weeks.

Carbamazepine

may cause neural tube defects when used during pregnancy but can be safely used by a lactating mother.

Misoprostol and dinoprostone

promote labor via cervical ripening and thus are contraindicated in pregnant women with cervical stenosis

Nitrofurantoin

treat UTI, may cause heart defects.


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