I just recently had a miscarriage caused by high blood pressure. I want to try again, but i am worried that taking any medication while pregnant will harm the fetus's growth. My doctor told me that i will continue to miscarry without the medication, but i am very worried about any effects to the baby. What is the safest blood pressure medication to take while pregnant and have there been any studies to prove no abnormalities. I am very worried. Please can anyone help. Thanks.
Sousou! High blood pressure medicines commonly used during pregnancy include:
* Methyldopa (a first-choice oral medicine for controlling high blood pressure during a pregnancy).
* Hydralazine (a first- or second-choice intravenous medicine for quickly lowering severely high blood pressure during pregnancy).
* Labetalol (a first- or second-choice intravenous medicine for quickly lowering severely high blood pressure in the hospital, and also considered a first- or second-choice oral medicine for controlling high blood pressure during pregnancy).
* Nifedipine (a first- or second-choice oral medicine for controlling high blood pressure during pregnancy).
Magnesium sulfate is considered the safest and most effective anticonvulsant for preventing eclampsia (seizures) during pregnancy
Medicine for preeclampsia and high blood pressure during pregnancy may be used to:
* Control high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure does not prevent preeclampsia from getting worse, because high blood pressure is only a symptom of the condition, not a cause. High blood pressure medicine is usually not used unless a pregnant woman's diastolic blood pressure (the second number) reaches levels of about 105 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury) and above.1 Expectant management is the preferred treatment for mild high blood pressure during pregnancy.
* Prevent seizures. Magnesium sulfate is usually started before delivery and continued for 24 hours after delivery for women with pregnancy-related seizures (eclampsia) and those with moderate to severe preeclampsia.
* Speed up fetal lung development. When possible, a corticosteroid (betamethasone or dexamethasone) is given to the mother prior to a premature birth (up to 34 weeks of gestation). This medicine matures the fetus's lungs over a 24-hour period, which lowers the risk of breathing problems after birth.
For more information on miscarriages and birth defects visit my free website
http://www.pregnancy-guidelines.com
http://birthdefectcauses.blogspot.com
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Sousou! High blood pressure medicines commonly used during pregnancy include:
* Methyldopa (a first-choice oral medicine for controlling high blood pressure during a pregnancy).
* Hydralazine (a first- or second-choice intravenous medicine for quickly lowering severely high blood pressure during pregnancy).
* Labetalol (a first- or second-choice intravenous medicine for quickly lowering severely high blood pressure in the hospital, and also considered a first- or second-choice oral medicine for controlling high blood pressure during pregnancy).
* Nifedipine (a first- or second-choice oral medicine for controlling high blood pressure during pregnancy).
Magnesium sulfate is considered the safest and most effective anticonvulsant for preventing eclampsia (seizures) during pregnancy
Medicine for preeclampsia and high blood pressure during pregnancy may be used to:
* Control high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure does not prevent preeclampsia from getting worse, because high blood pressure is only a symptom of the condition, not a cause. High blood pressure medicine is usually not used unless a pregnant woman's diastolic blood pressure (the second number) reaches levels of about 105 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury) and above.1 Expectant management is the preferred treatment for mild high blood pressure during pregnancy.
* Prevent seizures. Magnesium sulfate is usually started before delivery and continued for 24 hours after delivery for women with pregnancy-related seizures (eclampsia) and those with moderate to severe preeclampsia.
* Speed up fetal lung development. When possible, a corticosteroid (betamethasone or dexamethasone) is given to the mother prior to a premature birth (up to 34 weeks of gestation). This medicine matures the fetus's lungs over a 24-hour period, which lowers the risk of breathing problems after birth.
For more information on miscarriages and birth defects visit my free website
http://www.pregnancy-guidelines.com
http://birthdefectcauses.blogspot.com
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