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