It is natural for normal people to take medicine when they are sick, but this is not the case for pregnant women. Since the early 1960s, there have been many reports of pregnant women taking \”thalassemia\” drugs due to morning sickness, resulting in seal-like deformities in their fetuses. Pregnant women are increasingly afraid of taking drugs. \”Tetracycline teeth\” caused by tetracycline abuse are also very common around us.
Now, people have raised eugenics and education to a very high position. It is not uncommon for pregnant women to refuse to take any drugs because they are worried that the drugs will have adverse effects on the \”baby\” after falling ill, thereby delaying the condition and even endangering the lives of the mother and child. Some pregnant women require artificial abortion after taking several penicillins before confirming their pregnancy. In fact, a large number of clinical studies have confirmed that penicillin used by pregnant women is safe for the fetus.
The correct concept of medication for pregnant women is to use medication rationally. It is not absolutely forbidden to take medicine during pregnancy, but it cannot be taken casually either. The principle of medication during pregnancy is to choose medication according to the needs of the condition. The selection is based on drug performance, molecular weight, degree of protein binding through the placenta, and side effects of various drugs during different pregnancy periods. For example, if a pregnant woman with diabetes does not take medication to control blood sugar in time, it may cause fetal malformation or give birth to a macrosomia, which may also aggravate the mother\’s condition. Among hypoglycemic drugs, oral hypoglycemic drugs can affect fetal development, while injectable hypoglycemic drugs, insulin, have a large molecular weight and are difficult to pass through the placenta and have basically no adverse effects on the fetus. It can be seen that the focus of medication for pregnant women is reasonable choice.