Patient's question:
What Western medicines are commonly used by pregnant women? First question supplement: For pregnant women, what Western medicines or traditional Chinese medicine preparations are relatively safe for colds, fever, cough, and gastrointestinal problems?Doctor's answer:
Hello: The abuse of drugs during pregnancy can have toxic or teratogenic effects on the fetus. Especially in the first three months of pregnancy, the fertilized egg is in the most active stage of differentiation and is easily affected by various factors, such as viral infections, radioactive substances, and certain drugs. Which drugs can affect the fetus?(1) Antibiotics. Penicillin can destroy fetal red blood cells, causing severe jaundice and fetal death. Streptomycin can cause congenital deafness and skeletal deformities. Tetracycline can lead to limb deformities in the fetus. Chloramphenicol can cause neonatal aplastic anemia or fetal death. Kanamycin can cause deafness. Erythromycin can cause congenital cataracts, limb deformities, and brain herniation. Gentamicin can cause ear damage in the fetus, and even congenital renal vascular malformations and polycystic kidneys. Sulfonamides (mainly long-acting sulfonamides and antibacterial enhancers) can cause hyperbilirubinemia, kernicterus, and deformities; rifampicin can cause fetal deformities, etc.
(2) Analgesics. Pethidine can cause neonatal asphyxia. Morphine and meperidine, if taken one week before delivery, can cause neonatal spasms, excitement, and sharp crying.
(3) Antipyretics and analgesics. Aspirin can cause small size and deformities in the fetus; phenacetin and acetaminophen can lead to neonatal hyperhemoglobinemia; indomethacin can cause jaundice and aplastic anemia.
(4) Sedatives. Barbiturates can affect fetal brain development, and secobarbital can cause deformities. Diazepam,, phenobarbital, and methaqualone can cause fetal deformities and virilization in female fetuses.
(5) Hormones. Norbolethone can cause cleft lip, and insulin can cause miscarriage.