Get The Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry

Pregnancy exposure registries are research studies that collect health information on exposure to medical products such as medicines (drugs) and vaccines during pregnancy.

FDA classifies various drugs used in pregnancy into five categories, categories A, B, C, D and X. Category A is considered the safest category and category X is absolutely contraindicated in pregnancy. This provides therapeutic guidance for the clinician.

Pregnancy exposure registries are research studies that collect health information on exposure to medical products such as medicines (drugs) and vaccines during pregnancy.

All pregnant women who are HIV positive need to start on a single pill fixed dose (TLD) regimen. ing the Option B+ programme, women will remain on ARV treatment for life. All pregnant women are started on lifelong ARVs for life.

The National Pregnancy Registry for Antidepressants (NPRAD) is dedicated to evaluating the safety of antidepressant medications that may be taken during pregnancy to treat a wide range of mood, anxiety, or psychiatric disorders.

Category A Drugs Thiamine, Pyridoxine, Folic acid. Docusate, Senna, Bisacodyl. Dextromethorphan. Doxylamine. . .

Pregnancy Registry Objectives Many exposure registries have as their primary objective to “assess the risk of major congenital malformations” in the offspring of women exposed to a given drug just before or during pregnancy. Implicit in this objective is to determine whether that risk is higher or lower than expected.

In pregnant women in need of ART for their own health the preferred first-line ART regimen should include an AZT + 3TC backbone in combination with an NNRTI: AZT + 3TC + NVP or AZT + 3TC + EFV. Alternative recommended regimens are TDF + 3TC (or FTC) + EFV and TDF + 3TC (or FTC) + NVP.