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teratogen
A drug or bioagent that causes abnormal prenatal development.
Notes:
- commonly prescribed teratogens
- ACE inhibitors
- androgens, testosterone derivative
- anticonvulsants
- carbamazepine
- phenytoin
- primidone
- valproic acid
- SSRI: fluoxetine, paroxetine
- folic acid antagonists: methotrexate
- lithium carbonate
- retinoids
- statins
- warfarin
- pregnancy test prior to prescribing teratogen for woman of child-bearing age [2]
- female adolescents prescribed teratogens receive inadequate contraception provision [3]
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Goyal MK et al.
Underuse of pregnancy testing for women prescribed teratogenic
medications in the emergency department.
Acad Emerg Med 2015 Jan 29
PMID: 25639672
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acem.12578/abstract
- Stancil SL et al.
Contraceptive provision to adolescent females prescribed
teratogenic medications.
Pediatrics 2016 Jan; 137:1.
PMID: 26676050