27. Drugs in Pregnancy and Labour

Ian Mullaney

School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA6150, Australia.

Phone +61 8 93601236 Fax +61 8 93601240 Email i.mullaney@murdoch.edu.au

Reviewed by Sheila Doggrell, Queensland University of Technology

Key words: Pregnancy, eclampsia, pre-eclampsia, suppression of labour, tocolytics, oxytocics, neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, postpartum haemorrhage

Contents

27. Drugs in pregnancy and labour

27.1 Introduction

27.2 Common complaints in pregnancy and labour and their treatments

27.2.1 Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia.

27.2.2 Suppression of early labour

27.2.3 Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome

27.2.4 Postpartum haemorrhage

27.2.5 Prolactin excess

27.2.6 Nausea