principles of prescription in pregnancy
Last reviewed 01/2018
Giving a drug to a pregnant mother is giving a drug to two or more human beings.
The following three points must be borne in mind when prescribing during pregnancy:
- can therapeutic benefit be achieved by means other than pharmacology?
- give drugs that have been in wide use for many years
- give drugs that are used in pregnancy as an established medical practice. (This covers the doctor under the Congenital Disabilities [Civil Liability] Act 1977)
protocol after accidental prescription in pregnancy