Pregnant or Lactating Patients

Websites:

Drugs and Lactation

• LactMED (TOXNET)
• Breastfeeding Online: Breastfeeding and Medications
• Breastfeeding and Maternal Medication (WHO)
• Dr. Hale's Breastfeeding Pharmacology Page - Texas Tech University: Health Sciences Center - School of Medicine at Amarillo
• Drugs in Breast Milk - Quick Reference Guide (NHS)
• Drug Safety in Lactation - Medsafe (New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority)
• Motherisk (Breastfeeding and Drugs)
• Perinatology.com - Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation
• Practice Resources: Breastfeeding (CPhA)
• The Merck Manual – Drugs Contraindicated for Breastfeeding Mothers
• The Transfer of Drugs and Other Chemicals Into Human Milk (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• UK Drugs in Lactation Advisory Service (NHS)

• CPhA Professional Advancement 2006 Learning Series: Nutrition and OTC Treatment of Common Ailments During and After Pregnancy 
• DART: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Database
• Drug Safety Site
• Motherisk (Drugs in Pregnancy)
• Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS) (Fact Sheets)
• Perinatology.com: Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation
• Prescribing Medicines in Pregnancy 4th Edition (Australian Government - 1999)
• Reprotox - $ 
• Reprorisk (Thomson Micromedex) - $
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Medicines & Pregnancy 

Pregnancy Registries

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Office of Women's Health - Pregnancy Exposure Registries
• Antiepilepsy Drug (AED) Pregnancy Registry (Epilepsy Foundation)
• Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry

• Organization of Teratology Information Services (OTIS)
• European Network Teratology Information Services 

Dynamic Searches:

Follow this link to search PubMed for the latest citations in which Teratogens are a major concept. 

Follow this link to search PubMed for the latest citations in which Abnormalities, Drug-Induced are a major topic

Journals:

• Journal of Human Lactation - $

Recommended texts are linked to publishers' or book sellers' websites for further ordering information:

• Medications and Mothers' Milk (Hale, 13th Ed - 2008) - $
• Drugs and Pregnancy: A Handbook (Little, 1st Ed - 2006) - $
• Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk(Briggs, 8th Ed - 2008) - $
• Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation (Schaefer, 2nd Ed - 2007) - $
• Drugs for Pregnant and Lactating Women (Weiner, 2nd Ed  - 2009) - $ (Textbook & CD-ROM PDA Software) 
• Exposure to Psychotropic Medications and Other Substances during Pregnancy and Lactation - $
• Grossesse et allaitement; guide therapeutique (Pregnancy and Lactation: Therapeutic Guide) (Ferreira E., 1st ed - 2007) - $
• AHFS Drug Information - $
• Clinical Therapy in Breastfeeding Patients (Hale, 2nd Ed - 2002) - $
• Drug Exposure During Lactation. In: Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (Clin Info) - $
• Drug Exposure During Pregnancy. In: Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (Clin Info) - $
• Drug Exposure During Pregnancy and Lactation. In: Therapeutic Choices, CPhA ( 5th ed - 2007)
• Dr. Jack Newman's Guide to Breastfeeding (Newman - 2005) - $
• Review of Natural Products - Drug Facts and Comparisons (DerMarderosian - 2008) - $ (Pregnancy/Lactation section within each monograph)
• Drug Therapy and Breastfeeding: From Theory to Clinical Practice (Ilett & Hale, 1st Ed - 2002) - $
• Drugs and Breastfeeding. In: Handbook of Clinical Drug Data (Anderson, 10th Ed - 2002) - $
• Drugs and Pregnancy. In: Handbook of Clinical Drug Data (Anderson, 10th Ed - 2002) - $
• Maternal-Fetal Toxicology: A Clinician's Guide (Koren, 3rd Ed - 2001) - $
• Medication Safety in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding - The Evidence-Based A to Z Clinician's Pocket Guide (Koren, 1st Ed - 2007) - $
• Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy: State of the Art 2000 (Koren - 2000) - $
• Teratogenicity and Drugs, in Breast Milk. In Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs (Koda-Kimble, 9th Ed - 2008) - $
• The Complete Guide to Everyday Risks in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding (Koren - 2004) - $
• DrugPoints System (Thomson Micromedex) - $ (Pregnancy warning summaries)