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Does Medication For Several Chronic Illness During Pregnancy Affects Fetus?
i am a 44 year old woman who recently found out I am pregnant....I take a number of medications due 2 several chronic illnesses and am wondering about the impact on the baby/fetus. I take hydrocodone daily, lyrica at night, Xanax prn, simvastatin, bystolic, abilify, pristiq....what is this baby in for???
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I really appreciate your concern, look pregnancy in this age is it self is said to be high risk pregnancy moreover you are taking multidrug therapy so looking to these in my opinion you need to be very much alert and careful it would be better to discus this with your gynecologist because this is the only person going to take care of you, hope this information helps you, have a nice day.
Thank for asking to HCM
I really appreciate your concern, look pregnancy in this age is it self is said to be high risk pregnancy moreover you are taking multidrug therapy so looking to these in my opinion you need to be very much alert and careful it would be better to discus this with your gynecologist because this is the only person going to take care of you, hope this information helps you, have a nice day.
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