Lewisville Women’s Care
Safe Medication Pregnancy In Lewisville, TX
- You should try to avoid taking ANY medications during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
- Do NOT take aspirin or ibuprofen.
- The use of generic substitutes is OK.
- Sudefed/Actifed (Avoid In 1st and 3rd Trimester)
- Any Tylenol Product
- Benadryl
- Claritin
- Zyrtec
- Cold Air Humidifier
- Call our office if your fever is more than 100
- Tylenol/Tylenol PM
- Calcium carbonate tablets
- Bananas
- Oranges
- Vagisil
- Hydrocortisone cream (external only)
- Monistat after week 14
- Miralax
- Colace
- Pericolace
- Milk of Magnesia
- Metamucil
- Bran cereals
- Docusate
- Surfak
- Dulcolax (can produce cramping)
- Fiber powder
- Mylicon/Simethicone
- Gax X
- Emetrol (avoid if diabetic)
- Vitamin B6 (25-50 mg 3 times/day)
- Ginger root tablets
- Sour candies, salty snacks, crackers
- Eat frequent snacks
- BRAT diet
- Robitussin DM
- Mucinex
- Vapor rub
- Humidifier
- Vicks or Halls Cough Drops
- Tylenol/Tylenol PM
- Acetaminophen (325mg 3-4 times/day)
- Avoid all non steroidal anti inflammatory agents like Ibuprofen, Naproxen and Aspirin
- Tucks
- Preparation H
- Anusol HS
- Warm tub baths
- Cloraseptic spray
- Throat lozenges like Cepechol
- Salt water gargles
- Kaopectate
- Immodium Advanced
- BRAT diet
- Avoid milk products
- Avoid fatty foods
- Pepcid AC
- Gaviscon
- Rolaids/Tums with calcium
- Maalox
- Mylanta H
- Zantac
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