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Drugs during pregnancy and lactation : handbook of prescription drugs and comparative risk assessment

The care of pregnant women presents one of the paradoxes of medicine. Women usually require little medical intervention during an (uneventful) pregnancy. Conversely, those at high risk of damage to their own health or that of their unborn require the help of appropriate medicinal technology and drugs. This book talks about drugs in pregnancy.
Print Book, English, 2001
Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2001
xi, 368 pages ; 25 cm
9780444507631, 0444507639
1066917568
1. General commentary to drug therapy and drug risks in pregnancy (P. Peters, C. Schaefer). 2. Specific drug therapies during pregnancy.Analgesics and antiphlogistics (M. Reuvers). Antiallergic drugs and desensitization (M.R. van Tonningen). Antiasthmatic and cough medication (H. Garbis). Antiemetics and hyperemesis gravidarum (A. Scialli, M.R. van Tonningen). Antiepileptics (E. Robert, M. Reuvers, C. Schaefer). Antiinfective agents (H. Garbis, M. Reuvers, M.R. van Tonningen). Anticoagulant and fibrinolytic drugs (M. Reuvers). Vitamins, minerals and trace elements (C. Schaefer, P. Peters). Diagnostic agents (E. Robert, M. Reuvers). Dermatological medications and local therapeutics (C. Schaefer, P. Peters). Diuretics (C. Schaefer, P. Peters). Heart and circulatory system drugs (P. McElhatton). Hormones (A. Scialli, M.R. van Tonningen). Gastrointestinal and antilipidemic agents and spasmolytics (M.R. van Tonningen). Antineoplastic, immunosuppressive and immunomodulating agents (E. Robert, M. Reuvers, H. Garbis, C. Schaefer). General and local anesthetics and muscle relaxants (A. Scialli, M.R. van Tonningen). Psychotropic, sedative-hypnotic and Parkinson drugs (H. Garbis). Vaccines and immunoglobulins (E. Robert, M. Reuvers). Uterine contraction agents, tocolytics, vaginal therapeutics and local contraceptives (A. Scialli, M.R. van Tonningen). Poisons and overdoses (P. McElhatton, H. Garbis, C. Schaefer). Recreational drugs (C. Schaefer). Industrial chemicals and environmental contaminants (P. McElhatton, H. Garbis, C. Schaefer). 3. General commentary to drug therapy and drug risks during lactation (C. Schaefer).4. Specific drug therapies during lactation (C. Schaefer).Analgesics, antiphlogistics, and anesthetics. Antiallergics, antiasthmatics and antitussives. Antiinfectives. Cardiovascular drugs and diuretics. Hormones and hormone antagonists. Gastrointestinal drugs. Antiepileptics. Psychoactive and Parkinson's drugs. Anticoagulants and fibronolytics. Dermatological drugs and local therapeutics. X-ray studies, diagnostics and radionuclides. Immunosuppressives, immune modulators and antineoplastics. Alternative medications, vitamins, minerals and others. Immunization and breastfeeding. Infections during breastfeeding. Recreational drugs. Plant toxins. Industrial chemicals and environmental contaminants.
"With updated information on recreational drugs, diagnostic procedures, vaccinations, poisoning, workplace and environmental contaminants, and breastfeeding during infectious disease."