What can be used for gestation?
To begin with, it should be noted, most doctors say that the use of antibacterial and antiviral drugs throughout the first trimester is unacceptable. The explanation for this is the fact that this particular period of time is characterized by the formation of systemic organs and structures of the future organism. Drugs can adversely affect these processes and lead to irreversible consequences, such as the formation of congenital malformations, disruption of the intrauterine development. Therefore, antiviral drugs, during pregnancy in the first trimester doctors try not to prescribe. Exceptions are those cases when the benefit to the mother from taking the medicine exceeds the risk of complications in the baby.
In the 2nd and 3rd trimester with a normal pregnancy, antiviral drugs can be used, but not all. Among those allowed during the gestation period, it is necessary to name:
- Tamiflu (active ingredient Oseltamivir). It can be taken at the first manifestations of influenza, without waiting for the results of a blood test. Dosage, multiplicity, and also duration of reception are established individually. However, in most cases, doctors adhere to the following scheme: 1 capsule (75 mg) per day, not more than 5 days. If the woman starts taking medicine not from the first manifestations of the virus, then it can be drunk and with the active stage of the disease.
- Zanamivir also applies to antiviral drugs that can be used during pregnancy . However, it is used less often, in view of the fact that it should be injected into the body by inhalation, i.e. inhalation. Assign it in the following dosages: 5 or 10 mg 2 times a day, for 5 days.
- Viferon also applies to those medicines that can be used during pregnancy. It is active not only in the fight against viruses, but also with certain types of bacteria. Stimulates the penetration of cells, produced by the immune system directly into the source, thereby creating an active shield on the way of pathogens.
What else can be pregnant with viral diseases?
Homeopathic remedies, including Arbidol, Ocillococcinum , have received a wide spread today . The latter is based on an extract extracted from the liver and heart of a duck. Assigned as a supportive tool, because helps reduce the manifestations, symptoms of influenza, makes it easier to transfer the disease. Dosage is calculated strictly individually and indicated by a doctor observing the course of pregnancy.
Thus, as can be seen from the article, in fact there are many medications that can be used in the fight against ARVI in the current pregnancy. However, in no case should mother take them herself. Moreover, some doctors recommend to refrain altogether from taking such drugs, especially at very short gestational age.
A pregnant woman can thus ease her health by using traditional recipes, conducting warm-ups. However, they are also necessarily subject to agreement with the doctor.