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How to Use
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Type the name of the medication (either the brand
name or the generic name) in the search box.
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Or click on the a letter in the
alphabet, and look for the drug manually.
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On each page you will find the generic name, the
manufacturer,
other trade names available, as well as a picture of the drug if
available.
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There are 5 different categories of fetal risk:
A, B, C, D,
and
X
(according to FDA categorization, and are colored
blue, green, yellow, red
and
black respectively). Please
see
FDA Pregnancy Risk Category.
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On each page you will find the category of the
selected medication, the drug indications, its fetal
risk and breast feeding precautions.
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By placing your mouse cursor over
the words that are Bold in the text, a simple explanation of that word will come
up.
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