Pregnancy Antibiotics No Cause for Concern (IMAGE)
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The four out of ten women who use antibiotics during pregnancy can breathe easy, as a comprehensive new study shows that the two most often prescribed drugs have no adverse outcome on the child's physical development. The researchers, led by Anick Bérard of the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine children's hospital, and Hedvig Nordeng of the University of Oslo, looked at macrolides, a type of antibiotics. "With penicillin, macrolides are amongst the most used medications in the general population and in pregnancy. However, debate remained on whether it is the infections or in fact the macrolides used to treat them that put women and their unborn child at greater risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, including birth defects," Dr. Bérard explained. "We therefore aimed to estimate the risk of major congenital malformations after foetal exposure to the two most commonly used macrolides, and failed to find any."
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