PREGNANCY: As dangerous as smoking Zyban?

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As dangerous as smoking cessation medications during pregnancy. For the mother and the unborn child? Bupropion, the active ingredient of Zyban, one of the most common smoking cessation drug, has again be challenged, this time by the revue Prescrire and after several warnings of the Agency us, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) us. While drug-related risk of depression and suicide are well known and shown, is in question today the risk of heart defect in infants exposed in utero to bupropion. Conclusion: Better, pregnant, turn to nonpharmacologic therapies of weaning.

Pregnant women who smoke are 2 times more likely to suffer from premature rupture of membranes, Placental Abruption and placenta previa, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Increased risk of preterm birth is 30% and death sudden p…

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