When you think medication or vaccine safety, you think clinical drug trials. Right?!…However, what most people don’t know is that pregnant women are excluded from these studies…Currently, less than 10% of medications approved by the FDA have enough information to determine their risk when used in pregnancy!
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So how DO you determine if a medication is safe to use during pregnancy? The answer is pregnancy registries! The article below from the MotherToBaby blog explains the who, what, and why of pregnancy research – and how you can join a registry if you’re interested!
DYK: Pregnant women are excluded from clinical drug trials – huh?
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