Please see the individual specialty pages for further information on:
- Pregnancy-specific clinical resources
- Patient information leaflets
We are also happy to receive enquiries of a more general nature or those for specialties not listed here – our obstetric physician and maternal medicine obstetricians will seek to support clinical questions by liaising with other specialists as needed to collate advice: Refer a Patient.
Research into the effects of taking different medications is a slow growing field. Here are some resources that bring together existing knowledge:
This website provides reliable, evidence-based, and accurate information about use of medicines in pregnancy, in the form of freely available patient information leaflets called ‘Bumps‘ (‘Best Use of Medicines in Pregnancy’).
This is effectively the professional’s version of bumps. It is free but requires registration.
Consensus advice on Prescribing of Corticosteroids and Immunomodulatory. Medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Full reference link available in Rheumatology section
The LactMed® database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant.