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Diarrhea in Pregnancy
Aka: Diarrhea in Pregnancy
- See Also
- Diarrhea
- Gastrointestinal Medications in Pregnancy
- Evaluation
- See Diarrhea
- Management: Symptomatic
- Medications safe in pregnancy
- Loperamide (Imodium)
- Possibly associated with fetal cardiac malformation
- Avoid in first trimester
- Simethicone (synergistic effect with Loperamide)
- Fiber supplementation with Psyllium (Metamucil)
- Medications to avoid in pregnancy
- Kaolin-pectin (Kaopectate)
- Was considered antidiarrheal of choice in pregnancy
- New formulation contains bismuth and Aspirin (see below)
- Bismuth Subsalicylate
- Risk of Salicylate absorption
- Atropine-Diphenoxylate (Lomotil)
- References
- Black (2003) Am Fam Physician 67(12):2517-24 [PubMed]
- Larimore (2000) Prim Care 27(1):35-53 [PubMed]