Pregnancy/Breastfeeding - safe or unsafe

Question 1

Cephalosporin

Answer 1

BF - safe

Question 2

Warfarin

Answer 2

BF - safe
P - avoid

Question 3

TCAs

Answer 3

BF - safe

Question 4

Digoxin

Answer 4

BF - safe

Question 5

Antipsychotics

Answer 5

BF - safe

Question 6

Beta-blockers

Answer 6

BF - safe

Question 7

Heparin

Answer 7

BF - safe

Question 8

Hydralazine

Answer 8

BF - safe

Question 9

Carbamazepine

Answer 9

BF - safe
P - teratogenic, avoid if possible

Question 10

Trimethoprim

Answer 10

BF - safe
P - avoid

Question 11

Glucocorticoids

Answer 11

BF - safe

Question 12

Theophyllines

Answer 12

BF - safe

Question 13

Levothyroxine

Answer 13

BF - safe
P - safe

Question 14

Penicillins

Answer 14

BF - safe

Question 15

Sulphonylureas

Answer 15

BF - avoid
P - avoid

Question 16

Amiodarone

Answer 16

BF - avoid

Question 17

Methotrexate

Answer 17

BF - avoid

Question 18

Ciprofloxacin

Answer 18

BF - avoid

Question 19

Benzodiazepines

Answer 19

BF - avoid

Question 20

Tetracyclines

Answer 20

BF - avoid
P - avoid

Question 21

Lithium

Answer 21

BF - avoid

Question 22

Carbimazole

Answer 22

BF - avoid
P - avoid in first trimester and use propylthiouracil instead, use from second trimester

Question 23

Aspirin

Answer 23

BF - avoid

Question 24

Sulphonamides

Answer 24

BF - avoid
P - avoid

Question 25

Aminoglycosides (gentamicin, amikacin)

Answer 25

P - avoid

Question 26

ACE inhibitors

Answer 26

BF - avoid
P - avoid

Question 27

ARB

Answer 27

P - avoid

Question 28

Statins

Answer 28

P - avoid

Question 29

Retinoids

Answer 29

P - avoid

Question 30

Sodium valproate

Answer 30

P - neural tube defects, avoid if possible

Question 31

Phenytoin

Answer 31

P - teratogenic (cleft palate and congenital heart disease), avoid if possible, give vit k in last month of pregnancy to avoid clotting disorders of the newborn

Question 32

Lamotrigine

Answer 32

P - low rate of congenital malformations, avoid if possible