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Sofia Tosounidou1, Caroline Gordon2
1Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Abstract:
Advances in therapeutics, including a wider use of biologics and targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) have substantially improved the management of rheumatic diseases, resulting in more women with severe disease considering pregnancy. Every clinical rheumatologist has encountered a woman who wishes to have a pregnancy - or who presents already pregnant - and who values the importance of reliable information on rheumatic diseases and safety of medications in pregnancy. This chapter summarises current evidence and knowledge on the use of 'Medications in pregnancy and breastfeeding in women with rheumatic diseases' and considers paternal medication use at the time of conception.
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