(June 8) - Some blood pressure drugs previously thought to be safe when taken early in pregnancy now appear to substantially raise the risk of major birth defects, doctors say.
Babies whose mothers took ACE inhibitors in their first trimester were more than twice as likely to be born with serious heart and brain problems than those not exposed to any pressure-lowering medicines, a large study in Tennessee found. Other types of blood pressure drugs did not raise the risk to babies.
I am on atenolol. Is this an ACE inhibitor? I tried looking it up.. but it was all medical jargon I found.
Babies whose mothers took ACE inhibitors in their first trimester were more than twice as likely to be born with serious heart and brain problems than those not exposed to any pressure-lowering medicines, a large study in Tennessee found. Other types of blood pressure drugs did not raise the risk to babies.
I am on atenolol. Is this an ACE inhibitor? I tried looking it up.. but it was all medical jargon I found.
I know I haven't been around much lately, but I had hoped I wouldn't miss something that big.
