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pregnant females usually use one or more medications during pregnancy,
some of these drugs are used to treat pregnancy-related conditions, such as
nausea, constipation, and vomiting. While other are used to treat chronic
disorders, such as hypertension, diabetes, and epilepsy. Others are used for
the management of invasive conditions such as infectious diseases. In this
regard the fetus will exposed to most of drugs taken by the mother.
Therefore, pregnant patients, as in all other patients follow the concept of the
benefits of treatment must balance the risks. So it is important to understand
drug effects during gestational life. Chronic asthma is more dangerous to
fetus than the drugs used for treatment.
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