title: Pharmacotherapy in pregnancy and lactation.
abstract: Prescribing for patients who are pregnant and breastfeeding can be a challenge for clinicians facing insufficient information regarding medication safety, overestimation of perceived risk of medication both by patients and care providers, and increasing litigation costs. This article aims to guide the clinician in choosing the safest and most effective strategy when prescribing medications to patients who are pregnant and breastfeeding.
authors.affiliation: Division of Obstetric and Consultative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA. Electronic address: NMehta@wihri.org.
authors.forename: Niharika
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.affiliation: Division of Obstetric and Consultative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D000014:Abnormalities, Drug-Induced; D001942:Breast Feeding; D004358:Drug Therapy; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005260:Female; D047109:Fetal Development / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine