How Do Health Care Professionals Determine Medication Safety For
Pregnant Women?  Sponsored Links  A pregnant woman visits her
health care provider or enters a is determined she needs
medication treatment...but what do health care providers do when
a pregnant woman needs medication because, ideally, pregnant
women should avoid medications? When faced with the challenge of
determining medication safety and treatment strategies for
pregnant women health care providers turn to the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) pregnancy risk categories. The FDA
established these categories to avoid medication induced
pregnancy risk and birth defects as well as help health care
providers determine the appropriate medication treatment
regimens for pregnant women.  What are the FDA pregnancy risk
categories, what do they mean and what are examples of commonly
prescribed medications in each pregnancy risk category?
Pregnancy Risk Category A - Human clinical studies in pregnant
women show no risk.  Examples of commonly pre