«Overall
risk of birth defects appears low for women taking antiretrovirals during early pregnancy.»
Not exact matches
According to a report in Reuters Health, research from the University
of Valencia in Spain, indicates that using nicotine substitutes like nicotine gum, patches, or inhalers during the first 12 weeks
of pregnancy
appears to increase the
risk of birth defects.
Among pregnant women infected with HIV, the use
of antiretroviral (ARV) medications early in pregnancy to treat their HIV or to prevent mother - to - child transmission
of HIV does not
appear to increase the
risk of birth defects in their infants, according to a new study led by Harvard School
of Public Health (HSPH).