Table showing safety of drugs in pregnancy and lactation (Drugs starting with M)
Drug | Pregnancy category | Use during lactation |
Magaldrate | C | |
Magnesium carbonate | B | |
Magnesium chloride | Use with caution | |
Magnesium hydroxide | B | Safe |
Magnesium sulfate | B | Safe |
Malathion | B (topical use) | |
Mannitol | C | Safe |
Maprotiline | B | |
Mebendazole | C | Safe |
Mebeverine | B | Use with caution |
Meclozine | B | |
Medroxyprogesterone | X | Safe after 6 month of the infant |
Mefenamic acid | C | Safe |
Mefloquine | B | Safe |
Meloxicam | C | Use with caution |
Melphalan | D | |
Mercaptopurine | D | Unsafe |
Meropenem | B | Safe |
Mesalazine | C | Safe |
Mesna | B | Unsafe |
Mestranol | B | Unsafe |
Metformin | C | Safe |
Methimazole | D | |
Methotrexate | X | Unsafe |
Methoxsalen | B | Unsafe |
Methyldopa | B | Safe |
Methylprednisolone | C (topical use) | Safe(topical use) |
Methysergide | C | Unsafe |
Metoclopramide | B | Safe |
Metoprolol | C | Safe |
Metronidazole | B | Safe |
Metyrapone | B | Use with caution |
Miconazole | C | Safe |
Midazolam | C | Safe in single dose |
Mifepristone | X | |
Minocycline | D | Unsafe |
Minoxidil | C | Safe(topical use)Use with caution(oral use) |
Misoprostol | X | Use with caution |
Mometasone furoate | B | Safe |
Montelukast | B | Use with caution |
Morphine | C,D if prolonged use or high doses at term | Safe in usual dose,use with caution if high dose |
Moxifloxacin | B | Use with caution |
Mupirocin | B | Safe
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