Precautions for medication during pregnancy
Principle 1/ Keep the medicine bag and medicine box properly.
Dr. Cai Kexin suggested that if you have a pregnancy plan, or if you suspect that you may be pregnant, and you have just taken medicine recently (or need medicine soon), please be sure to leave a medicine box or bag. When you see a doctor, you can ask the doctor if the medicine will affect the fetus so as to discuss the future treatment.
Principle 2/ Avoid taking drugs of unknown origin.
Expectant mothers should avoid taking Chinese medicines of unknown origin. Dr. Cai Kexin pointed out that some Chinese medicines may be fine, but they are imported from third world countries and may contain heavy metals or unknown compounds, which may cause nephrotoxicity or hepatotoxicity after long-term use.
Principle 3/ It is not recommended to leave leftover medicine.
Generally, most of the remaining drugs are antipyretics, cough syrup and so on. It depends on whether the doctor gave the original medicine or the sub-medicine. The unopened original medicine can be frozen in the refrigerator according to its shelf life, but it is not recommended to keep it if it is a sub-packaged medicine or an unsealed original medicine. After the course of treatment, the drugs should be recycled.