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Mother and Child: Medication Use in Pregnancy and Lactation
Author(s) -
Ito S
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt.383
Subject(s) - breastfeeding , pregnancy , in utero , medicine , drug , lactation , obstetrics , fetus , pharmacokinetics , breast feeding , pediatrics , pharmacology , biology , genetics
Pregnancy and breastfeeding pose a unique challenge to drug development and clinical application. In addition to drug toxicity to the fetus in utero and infants through breastfeeding, alterations of pharmacokinetics in those women also need careful attention. How do we turn around the overall lack of drug efficacy and toxicity information for pregnant and breastfeeding women?