On your own, you should not take any medication during pregnancy. Any medication used during pregnancy should be prescribed by the doctor. Among the remedies allowed, They are:
- Dramin B6 or Plasil: Nausea and vomiting;
- Riopan or Mylanta: Heartburn;
- Buscopan: Colic;
- Tylenol or Dipyrone: Headache, fever;
- Flogoral spray, Tylenol, inhalation with saline: Sore throat, cough;
- Rinossoro: Stuffy nose;
- Pasalix or Passiflora: Anxiety, nervousness;
- Luftal: Intestinal gases;
- Xyloproct or Proctoxylodase: Hemorrhoid;
- Tamarine or Metamucil: Constipation.
Many other medicines can be used during pregnancy, as long as the woman has a prescription to use them. Other drugs allowed during gestation, that is, are not contraindicated in pregnancy, are:
- Amoxicillin;
- Ampicillin;
- Buscoduo;
- Buscopam Plus;
- Benzetacil;
- Cephalexin;
- Cetirizine (levocetirizine);
- Corticoids;
- Metoclopramide;
- Metronidazole (after 3 months);
- Paracetamol (Tylenol).
Even if they are allowed in pregnancy, these medicines may have other specific contraindications for the mother or the baby, so in no case should they be used without a prescription.
What are the prohibited remedies in pregnancy?
Medicines completely contraindicated in pregnancy due to the high risk of producing fetal malformations:
- Methotrexate (antineoplastic, used in the treatment of cancer);
- Minocycline (antibiotic);
- Misoprostol (antiulcerous);
- Atorvastatin;
- Simvastatin;
- Warfarin;
- Finasteride;
- Ribavirin (antiviral);
- Thalidomide (leprosy / hypnotic);
- Tetracycline (antibiotic).
Others medicines contraindicated in pregnancy, but which can be indicated by the doctor in cases of serious diseases for which there are no other remedies:
- Captopril;
- Cataflan;
- Ciprofloxacin (in the first 3 months of pregnancy);
- Diclofenac;
- Enalapril;
- Propranolol;
- Omeprazole.
Remembering that a pregnant woman should not take any medication without the knowledge of her / his obstetrician-gynecologist or family doctor.
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