Real damage to influenza drugs harms the fetus

One study showed that pregnant women who took flu medicine during pregnancy did not harm the baby in the abdomen.

Babies whose mothers use Tamiflu or Relenza are less likely to be underweight.

According to AFP, scientists have compared 6,000 pregnant women in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France with oseltamivir and zanamivir (trade names Tamiflu and Relenza ) with nearly 700,000 pregnant women not taking flu in about time from 2008 to 2010.

Excluding the age factor, smoking habits and the use of other drugs, the researchers did not see any increase in the risk of having a low-birth-weight, lip-bearing, stillborn or malformed child. innate between two groups. In contrast, babies with mothers who use Tamiflu or Relenza are less likely to be underweight.

In the past, to limit the risk of serious illness from flu outbreaks every winter, many drug manufacturers encouraged future mothers to take flu drugs "despite limited knowledge of safety and efficacy of drugs. in pregnancy ". Although it is concluded that flu drugs do not harm the fetus, scientists concede to only assess the risk from the 22nd week of pregnancy and are not sure if every woman participating in the study actually took the medication.