This document discusses teratogenic drugs that can cause birth defects if taken during pregnancy. It lists several drugs that are contraindicated during pregnancy, including thalidomide, warfarin, lithium, valproic acid, tetracycline, streptomycin, alcohol, ACE inhibitors, phenytoin, methotrexate, and excess vitamin A. These drugs can cross the placenta and cause congenital anomalies or abnormalities in the developing fetus, such as phocomelia, fetal warfarin syndrome, foetal goiter, neural tube defects, discolored teeth, bone defects, deafness, fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal growth retardation, fetal hydantoin syndrome, hydrocephalus, and carcin
This document discusses teratogenic drugs that can cause birth defects if taken during pregnancy. It lists several drugs that are contraindicated during pregnancy, including thalidomide, warfarin, lithium, valproic acid, tetracycline, streptomycin, alcohol, ACE inhibitors, phenytoin, methotrexate, and excess vitamin A. These drugs can cross the placenta and cause congenital anomalies or abnormalities in the developing fetus, such as phocomelia, fetal warfarin syndrome, foetal goiter, neural tube defects, discolored teeth, bone defects, deafness, fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal growth retardation, fetal hydantoin syndrome, hydrocephalus, and carcin
This document discusses teratogenic drugs that can cause birth defects if taken during pregnancy. It lists several drugs that are contraindicated during pregnancy, including thalidomide, warfarin, lithium, valproic acid, tetracycline, streptomycin, alcohol, ACE inhibitors, phenytoin, methotrexate, and excess vitamin A. These drugs can cross the placenta and cause congenital anomalies or abnormalities in the developing fetus, such as phocomelia, fetal warfarin syndrome, foetal goiter, neural tube defects, discolored teeth, bone defects, deafness, fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal growth retardation, fetal hydantoin syndrome, hydrocephalus, and carcin