You are pregnant Don’t be surprised if your pharmacist offers you a few-minute appointment to talk to you about your medicines. Since last Monday, these health professionals have been invited to educate pregnant women about the risks that the use of certain molecules poses to the fetus.
Indeed, in pregnant women more than in any other person, the risk-benefit ratio must be carefully evaluated before taking a drug. Obviously, the less medication a pregnant woman takes, the less risk she has of harming her unborn child. However, the numbers are alarming: a dozen drugs will be prescribed to a woman during pregnancy. “French women will take more medication during pregnancy than in other European countries, without any specific pathologies explaining it.”says Dr: Elizabeth Elefant, Expert on Teratogenic Substances Reference Center (Crat).
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Source: Le Figaro
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