What to Avoid During Pregnancy
Find out what medications and herbs you need to steer clear of during pregnancy.
What to Avoid During Pregnancy
Medications to Avoid During Pregnancy
Certain prescription and over-the-counter medications can potentially harm a growing fetus. Avoid these during your pregnancy.
| OTC PAINKILLERS | ACNE MEDICATIONS | ANTICONVULSANTS |
| Aspirin Ibuprofen (Advil, Nuprin) And similar medications | Accutane Retin-A And similar medications | Diazepam Clonazepam Lorazepam And similar medications |
| ANTIBIOTICS | TRANQUILIZERS | MAO INHIBITORS |
| Tetracycline Streptomycin And similar medications | Librium Miltown Valium And similar medications | Isocarboazid Phenelzine And similar medications |
Herbs to Avoid During Pregnancy
Herbs are medicine just like drugs and should be respected during pregnancy. Just as you would not take an unnecessary drug, avoid unnecessary herbs.
| Aloe vera Angelica Arnica Black cohosh Bladderwrack Bloodroot Blue cohosh Celery seed Chaste berry Chichona Cinnamon Coltsfoot Comfrey Curcumin Ephedra | Fenugreek Feverfew Ginger Ginseng Goldenseal Gugul Horsetail Indian tobacco Iris Licorice Male fern Motherwort Nutmeg Parsley Pennyroyal | Poke root Rosemary Rue Sage Senna St. John's wort Thuja Turmeric root Uva ursi Vervain Wormwood Wild carrot Wild indigo Yarrow |