Briggs Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk

This text has an easy A-to-Z format lists more than 1,400 of the most commonly prescribed drugs taken during pregnancy and lactation, with detailed monographs designed to provide the most essential information on possible effects on the mother, embryo, fetus, and nursing infant.  For Ob/Gyn physicians, primary care physicians, and any health care provider working with pregnant or postpartum women.

Each templated monograph includes: 

  • Generic US name (trade names in index) 
  • Risk factors 
  • Pharmacologic class 
  • Pregnancy and breastfeeding recommendations 
  • Pregnancy, fetal risk, and breastfeeding summaries 

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