Question Since the thalidomide disaster, medicine is practised as if every drug is
teratogenic, when in fact very few medications are. Pregnant women are often ready to …

Objective To determine pregnant women and new mothers' perception of risks in pregnancy.
Design, settings and participants This was a large-scale multinational survey including 9113 …

This article assesses how the thalidomide disaster has caused GPs to have a difficult
approach to prescribing in pregnancy. It notes how medical opinion might look towards …

Choosing to act within a precautionary paradigm is often the smart choice for pregnant
women and for healthcare practitioners and researchers who interact with them. However …

Pregnant women, but also physicians, have unrealistically high perceptions of teratogenic
drug effects. This may result in suboptimal treatment of disease and even influence …

Before marketing a new drug, the manufacturer almost never tests the product in pregnant
women to determine its effects on the fetus. Consequently, most drugs are not labeled for …

The thalidomide tragedy in the 1960s has resulted in a perpetuation of a certain perception
amongst physicians and pregnant women that the use of medication during pregnancy is a …

Since the thalidomide disaster over 40 years ago, we have known that medication use in
early pregnancy poses a potential risk to the fetus. Yet, drugs typically enter the marketplace …

There is a general perception that medicinal drugs are not safe in pregnancy despite the fact
that fewer than 30 drugs have been shown to cause major malformations in humans. A large …

Our knowledge of possible adverse drug effects on the fetus is quite limited. The doctor must
act as the fetus' first line of defence. Mothers must be educated about the dangers of self …