Mistaken perception of teratogenic risk can keep pregnant women from using safe medicines. The current study analyzed women's concepts and perceptions towards teratogenic risk from medicines and exposure to radiotherapy during pregnancy. The quantitative data resulted from interviews with 287 pregnant and non-pregnant women. Two qualitative focus groups were conducted. No significant difference...

methenamine salts have been traditionally used in the veterinary and human medicine, but its use is sometimes associated with some side effects.toxicopathological effects of methenamine salt have always been a major concern. there is scantly information available about the lesions of methenamine compound in embryo. the objective of this study was to determine the teratogenic effects of methenam...

BACKGROUND Although prescription drug use is common during pregnancy, the human teratogenic risks are undetermined for more than 90% of drug treatments approved in the USA during the past decades. A particular birth defect may have its origins through multiple mechanisms and possible exposures, including medications. A specific pathogenic process may result in different outcomes depending upon ...

phenobarbital is a phenobarbiturate used as a sedative, anticonvulsant, or hypnotic with the doses prescribed and can cause teratogenic effects. the goal of this study was to examine an alternative method for the recognition of the mechanism or the bimolecular potential changes in mice fetus caused by phenobarbital using ftir micro spectroscopy. the mice were injected with phenobarbital (120mg/...

Exposure to a variety of chemicals is a hazard of daily life. Some of these chemicals have teratogenic potency and may lead to social problems. As an example, thalidomide was prescribed as a sedative and for morning sickness in the late 1950s and caused serious embryonic effects worldwide. To avoid these problems, the development of efficient techniques for the detection of teratogenic substanc...