| FDA's Office of Women's
Health has additional information on pregnancy and motherhood
on its Health Topics
Page.
There are also a number of other organizations
that have information about the effects of medicines during
pregnancy. Selecting these links will take you off the FDA
Web site.
Center for the Evaluation
of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR). This agency,
part of the National Institutes of Health, provides the latest
information about potentially hazardous effects of chemicals
on human reproduction and development.
March of Dimes.
A national voluntary health agency whose mission is to improve
the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant
mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes funds programs
of research, community services, education, and advocacy to
save babies.
Motherisk Program.
A clinical, research and teaching program, affiliated with
the University of Toronto, dedicated to antenatal drug, chemical,
and disease risk counselling. Motherisk provides on-on-one
counseling for pregnant women. Created in 1985, Motherisk provides
evidence-based information and guidance about the safety or
risk to the developing fetus or infant, of maternal exposure
to drugs, chemicals, diseases, radiation and environmental
agents.
National Center
on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD). Information
about use of medications during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
NCBDDD is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
National Women's Health Information
Center (NWHIC). This government health information and
referral center for women helps expectant mothers learn what
they need to do to promote a healthy pregnancy.
Organization of Teratology
Information Specialists (OTIS). OTIS provides medical
consultation about prenatal exposures to drugs, medications,
and chemicals. OTIS has Centers throughout the U.S. and in
Canada that provide these consultations and also conduct
studies on the effect that drugs, medications, chemicals
and other exposures may have on the fetus. The Web site publishes
fact sheets on various exposures of concern.
Safe Motherhood Initiative. The
Safe Motherhood Initiative, launched in 1987, is a global effort
that aims to reduce deaths and illnesses among women and infants.
To have your Pregnancy Registry listed on this site, please
contact us at Registries@fda.hhs.gov.
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