Pregnant women at risk from Tamiflu

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Pregnant women at risk from Tamiflu

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4 & art_id=81831 & sid=23747664 & con_type=1 & d_str=20090507 & fc=7Pregnant women who need special care when taking medication to fight human swine flu are among those under quarantine, Centre for Health Protection controller Thomas Tsang Ho-fai said yesterday.

He said the medication is believed to adversely affect those carrying a child.

"There are only a few pregnant women [in quarantine], and they are given special consideration in terms of dosages of Tamiflu," he said.

Chinese University respiratory medicine professor David Hui Shu- cheong said the avian flu experience indicated pregnancy is a high risk factor for serious symptoms - or even death - as immunity drops for expectant mothers. But Tamiflu side- effects on pregnant women and their babies were uncertain, giving rise to controversies over the use of the drug, Hui said, so doctors need to take care.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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