The ten-month-old queen means "pregnant in October", and pregnant women are the key protection objects of every family. Once a cold coughs, the whole family's heart is in their throats and they are at a loss. They don't know whether to take medicine or not, for fear that it will have a bad influence on the fetus in the abdomen.
This kind of worry is not unnecessary. Improper use of drugs during pregnancy will indeed have adverse consequences, and many drugs will cause fetal malformation and even death. The "seal fetal baby incident" in the United States was once an adverse drug reaction event of group pregnancy.
Hello, I'm pharmacist Cai.
In the impression of many people, Chinese medicine is safe, and pregnant women use Chinese medicine when they are sick. In fact, this is not entirely correct.
Many Chinese medicines clearly point out that pregnant women are forbidden or used with caution.
According to clinical practice, contraindications to pregnancy can be divided into two categories: forbidden drugs and high-dose caution. To sum up, it mainly includes:
Prohibited drugs are mostly highly toxic drugs, or drugs with serious effects and strong abortion effects.
Prohibited drugs: Mercury, Arsenic, Realgar, Calomelas, Mylabris, Semen Strychni, Venenum Bufonis, Radix Aconiti, Radix Aconiti Kusnezoffii, Veratrum nigrum, Alumen, Guati, Croton, Stellera chamaejasme, Daphne genkwa, Petunia, Phytolacca acinosa, Musk, Dry Paint, Leech and Radix Aconiti.
Drugs used with caution are mainly drugs that promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, promote qi circulation, attack poison and warm the interior.
Cautious drugs: Achyranthes bidentata, Ligusticum Chuanxiong, Carthamus tinctorius, Peach Kernel, Curcuma Rhizome, Cortex Moutan, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, Fructus Aurantii, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Senna, Aloe Vera, Natrii Sulfas, Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, Cortex Cinnamomi, etc.
No matter from the perspective of drug safety or eugenics, if there is no special necessity, we should try to avoid using it to avoid accidents.
If pregnant women are sick and have to use it, we should pay attention to accurate syndrome differentiation, master the measurement and course of treatment, try our best to reduce the harm of drugs to pregnancy through appropriate processing and compatibility, and ensure the effectiveness and safety of drug use.