Safe Medications

Taking medications during pregnancy can harm the baby, but not taking certain doctor prescribed medication can also cause harm. However, prenatal vitamins are ok to take during pregnancy.

No medication is 100 percent safe, and even medication that's safe for someone else to take during pregnancy might not be safe for you. So always check with your healthcare provider before you take any kind of medicine during pregnancy – even an over-the-counter (OTC) product.

What's safe and what's not when you're expecting.

Learn which over-the-counter drugs to avoid during pregnancy, with advice from Consumer Reports.

If you' re pregnant and need relief from conditions like allergies, fever, nausea or pain, check this list of brand and generic names of safe OTC drugs.

If you are expecting, you are probably confused about which medications to avoid during pregnancy.

Did your gynecologist instructs you to stay away from OTC? Are you confused what medications to avoid during pregnancy? Here's the list for you.

Find out which prescription and over-the-counter medicines are safe to take in pregnancy.

These medications are safe to take as directed on the label and are available over the counter.

Over 80 percent of expectant moms take at least one prescribed or over-the-counter medication during pregnancy.

Everything changes during pregnancy, which makes getting a cold or flu more complicated. Learn how to treat these illnesses without affecting your baby.

With many over the counter and prescription medications being unsafe to take during pregnancy, here are some general guidelines of what is not suitable to take.

Aches, pains and uncomfortable symptoms are unfortunately part and parcel of pregnancy. But before you reach for that over-the-counter medicine, learn which medications are safe to take during pregnancy, and which are not.

How is drug safety during pregnancy determined in the absence of definitive evidence, and what are the best resources for clinicians and women?

One of the earliest symptoms of pregnancy is a backache.

Pregnant women commonly use over-the-counter medications. Although most over-the-counter drugs have an excellent safety profile, some have unproven safety or are known to adversely affect the fetus.