We know that sometimes medication is needed when you are pregnant, so we have provided a list of over-the-counter medications that are considered to be safe for a woman to take during her pregnancy. If your symptoms are not relieved after taking a medication from the following list , please call our office or your primary care doctor for assistance.
Condition
Approved
Do not use
Allergies
Claritin
Benadryl
Actifed
Chlortrimeton
Sudafed or Sudafed PE - (for use in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters)
Artificial Sweeteners
Nutrasweet
Splenda
Sweet & Low
Saccharine
Constipation
Fibercon
Metamucil
Citrucel
Milk of Magnesia
Colace
Coughs & Colds
Sudafed
Robitussin (PE & DM)
Tylenol Sinus
Cough drops
Vicks Vapo-Rub
Nyquil/Dayquil
Diarrhea
Drink at least 8 ounces of fluid every hour.
Have only fluids for 24 hours (water, chicken broth, juice, jello).
Avoid soda, tea, and coffee.
Heartburn/Indigestion
Mylanta
TUMS
Pepcid
Maalox
Gavison
Pepto-Bismol
Hemorroids
Preparation H
Anusol HC
Tucks
Nasal Congestion
Robitussin CF
Actifed
Sudafed
Saline Nasal Spray (Ocean Mist)
Pain/Fever/Headache
Tylenol (regular and extra strength)
Aspirin
Advil
Ibuprofen
Motrin
Aleve
Rash/Itching
Calamine lotion
Benadryl
Benadryl lotion
Hydrocortisone cream 1%
Sleep aid
Benadryl
Tylenol PM
Unisom
Sore Throat
Cepacol
Chloraseptic Spray
Throat losenges/cough drops
Yeast Infection
Monistat 7
Gyne-Lotrimin
Skin Care
Pro-Active
Stridex pads
Clearasil
Antibacterial Soap
Facials
Retin-A
Tetracycline
Erythromycin
Vomiting
Vitamin B6 (10-25 mg)
Unisom 25 mg (over the counter sleep aid)
(Take one tablet of B6 and ½ tablet of Unisom in the morning and afternoon.)
(Take one tablet of B6 and one tablet of Unisom at bedtime.)
