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You still can use many medicines when you are pregnant or nursing. Use this guide and talk to your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist about keeping you and your baby safe.
• Don't take aspirin during the last 3 months of your pregnancy, unless your doctor tells you to. Aspirin can cause problems for your baby, or cause problems when you are in labor.
• Like aspirin, it may cause problems during the last 3 months of pregnancy and when you are in labor.
• No one is sure if these are safe for pregnant women, so it's best not to use them. Even some "natural" products may not be good for women who are pregnant or nursing.
Contact the FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program:
Website: www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/
Phone: 1-888-463-6332
These Web sites can tell you more about the risks of certain drugs before, during, and after pregnancy:
FDA Pregnancy Registries
www.fda.gov/womens/registries/
The Safe Motherhood Initiative
http://www.safemotherhood.org/init_what_is.htm
August 2005