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The pregnancy category of a medication is an assessment of the risk of fetal injury due to the pharmaceutical, if it is used as directed by the mother during pregnancy. It does not include any risks conferred by pharmaceutical agents or their metabolites in breast milk. Every drug has specific information listed in its product literature.
The actual definitions of the pregnancy categories are copied verbatim from the FDA regulations (which are in the public domain). Reference to some of the history: Sannerstedt R, Lundborg P, Danielsson BR, Kihlstrom I, Alvan G, Prame B, Ridley E. "Drugs during pregnancy: an issue of risk classification and information to prescribers."
[96] [97] [98] In 2014, however, the FDA has developed a "Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule (PLLR)" which requires product labels to include specific information related to the safety and effectiveness of medications to pregnant and lactating women. This ruling has removed the requirement of stating pregnancy categories in prescription drug ...
The FDA pregnancy classification is removed from this infobox, and does not show any more. By FDA, it is replaced by the Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule (PLLR) of December 2014. The PLLR is descriptive, and not suitable for this infobox. [1]
The tests were manufactured by Universal Meditech, Inc., which notified the FDA that it has stopped all operations. FDA is warning consumers not to use certain pregnancy tests Skip to main content
1.2 Pregnancy category in general. 1.3 United States (US) 2 See also. Toggle the table of contents. Template: Infobox drug/pregnancy category/doc. Add languages. Add ...
With perfect use, Opill is 98% effective at preventing pregnancy — meaning, only 2 in 100 women will become pregnant while using Opill if they follow the directions perfectly.
Before folic acid fortification, about 4,100 pregnancies were affected by a neural tube defect each year in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2015 that since the addition of folic acid in grain-based foods as mandated by the FDA, the rate of neural tube defects dropped by 35%. This translates to an ...