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DYK: Pregnant women are excluded from clinical drug trials – huh?

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By Mariah Z Leach on June 27, 2021 Medication Considerations

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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Mariah is a writer, patient advocate, and mom of three living with rheumatoid arthritis and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. After learning firsthand how challenging and lonely it can be to face pregnancy and motherhood with chronic illness, Mariah became passionate about supporting women with chronic illness who are or want to become mothers. She launched Mamas Facing Forward in 2015 as a private Facebook support group, followed by this website in 2018.

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