These medicines do not cause any harm to pregnant women
Posted on: 18/Oct/2018 5:18:46 PM
Pregnancy is the most important time in the life of a woman and woman must take proper care of her health during pregnancy. It is said that at some point of time in the pregnancy 9 out of 10 women need medication. A pregnant woman cannot be normal always and she would get health issues such as back pain, headache, acid reflux, constipation, nausea, vomiting etc. Not all medicines are safe for a pregnant woman and there are few medications that a pregnant woman could take for her health to be normal.
These are the medicine that a pregnant woman could consume for her health to be normal.
For nausea and vomiting:
It is important to mention that morning sickness is responsible for nausea and vomiting in the pregnant women. This morning sickness problem could be overcome by intake of ginger ale and by eating small meals throughout the day. Medicines like doxylamine succinate and dimenhydrinate are superb in treating morning sickness in pregnant women.
For relief from cold etc:
The doctors usually suggest the pregnant women with cold to wait till 12th week to consume any medicine as it might affect the baby. During the day it is good for the pregnant women to consume plain cough syrups, cough expectorants etc. In the night time cough suppressants and acetaminophen could be consumed. Natural ways like taking good rest along with maintaining their hydration levels could be done before taking medicines.
For skin rashes and cuts etc:
Sometimes a pregnant woman could have issues due to skin being cut or scrapes etc. The area must be cleaned with soap and water first and then antibiotic ointment could be applied. OTC hydrocortisone creams could be tried for cuts and skin rashes during pregnancy.
For pain and headache:
Pregnant women also have pain and headache in them and to get relief from pain and headaches Tylenol of acetomenaphine could be used. It is not advisable for the pregnant women to consume asprin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAID like ibuprofen etc.
For allergy:
Pregnant women also get affected by allergies. Few changes in the lifestyle could be beneficial in preventing allergy in the pregnant women. On the days of high pollen it is better to avoid going outdoors and removing the old clothes and wearing new clothes after coming from outside is very important. Sometimes intake of OTC oral antihistamines such as benadryl, cetrizine is good. Nasonex, flonase could also be used during pregnancy.
For yeast infections:
Getting yeast infection is very common in the times of pregnancy. Few medicines such as miconazole, clotrimazole are beneficial for the pregnant women to deal with yeast infection.
For heat burns etc:
It is worthy to try natural ways to treat heart burns etc before consuming medicines. Wearing loose clothes, maintaining food diary to know about the foods that could trigger heartburns etc are few natural ways. During pregnancy it is safe to consume OTC antacids having magnesium, calcium, aluminium etc. Medicines like simethicone, famotidine etc are also good. For those having severe heartburns H2 blockers like ranitidine and cimetididine could be consumed.
