Study Shows Proton-Pump Inhibitors Do Not Cause Birth Defects When Used in First Trimester
By Denise Mann
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
Nov. 24, 2010 — The popular over-the-counter and prescription acid-blocking drugs proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) do not appear to increase risk of birth defects when taken during the first trimester of pregnancy, a study shows. Continue reading
Study Suggests Even Tylenol During Pregnancy May Affect Male Testes
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
Nov. 12, 2010 — Common over-the-counter painkillers taken during pregnancy may be to blame for a global rise in male infertility.
Even acetaminophen (Tylenol) may put a developing boy’s future reproductive health at risk, suggest findings from a study of some 2,300 Danish and Finnish women by Henrik Leffers, MD, PhD, of Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues. Continue reading