A nursing student asks the nurse why more is not known about the teratogenic effects of maternal medication ingestion during pregnancy. Which response by the nurse is correct?
a. "Clinical trials to assess this risk would put the fetus at risk."
b. "It is safer to recommend that pregnant women avoid medications while preg-nant."
c. "Most women are reluctant to admit tak-ing medications while they are pregnant."
d. "The relatively new MEPREP study will allow testing of medications during preg-nancy in the future."
A
One of the greatest challenges in identifying drug effects on a developing fetus has been the lack of clinical trials, which, by their nature, would put the developing fetus at risk. Many pregnant women need prescription medications and not taking those would put the fetus at risk by com-promising the health of the mother. The MEPREP study is a retrospective study to learn about possible outcomes related to known maternal drug exposure.
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