What to Avoid During Pregnancy
Medications to Avoid During Pregnancy
Certain prescription and over-the-counter medications can potentially harm a growing fetus. Avoid these during your pregnancy.
| OTC PAINKILLERS | ACNE MEDICATIONS | ANTICONVULSANTS |
| Aspirin Ibuprofen (Advil, Nuprin) And similar medications | Accutane Retin-A And similar medications | Diazepam Clonazepam Lorazepam And similar medications |
| ANTIBIOTICS | TRANQUILIZERS | MAO INHIBITORS |
| Tetracycline Streptomycin And similar medications | Librium Miltown Valium And similar medications | Isocarboazid Phenelzine And similar medications |
Herbs to Avoid During Pregnancy
Herbs are medicine just like drugs and should be respected during pregnancy. Just as you would not take an unnecessary drug, avoid unnecessary herbs.
| Aloe vera Angelica Arnica Black cohosh Bladderwrack Bloodroot Blue cohosh Celery seed Chaste berry Chichona Cinnamon Coltsfoot Comfrey Curcumin Ephedra | Fenugreek Feverfew Ginger Ginseng Goldenseal Gugul Horsetail Indian tobacco Iris Licorice Male fern Motherwort Nutmeg Parsley Pennyroyal | Poke root Rosemary Rue Sage Senna St. John's wort Thuja Turmeric root Uva ursi Vervain Wormwood Wild carrot Wild indigo Yarrow |
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From Eat Right for Your Baby by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo with Catherine Whitney. Copyright © 2004.
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