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Pregnancy & Breastfeeding -1 Flashcards

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The psychotropics licensed to be used in pregnancy or breatfeeding in the UK?

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None!

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Three meds that women are advised not to breatfeed if on them?

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Carbamazepine
Lithium
Clozapine

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what is the rate of spontaneous abortion?

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10-20%

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Risk of spontaneous major malformation in baby?

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2-3%

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the share percentage drugs are blamed for in all malformations?

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5%

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Risk for valproate to cause malformation?

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1-2%

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Risk for carbamazepine to cause malformation?

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1%

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Valproate and carbamazepine in childbearing age women?

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NICE advises against using them.

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when can valproate and carbamazepine be used in childbearing age women?

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if other options are unsuitable
&
a pregnancy prevention is in place

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the challenge with lamotrigine use in pregnancy?

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it requires frequent level check as it fluctuate

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Lithium ability to cross placenta

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Lithium moves across placenta as free&easy as possible

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what can lithium lead to?

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Epstein’s anomaly

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absolute risk of Ebstein’s anomaly?

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1:1000

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whan can lithium be justified to be given to pregnant women?

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if antipsychotics did not work (NICE)

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do lithium enters breast milk?

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yes and can cause toxicity in baby

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frequency of checking lithium in pregnancy?

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every 4 week until 36 weeks
then weekly

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your patient on lithium becomes pregnant, what you’re gonna do?

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Consider to stop th drug gradually over 4 weeks, if she’s well
and
Switch to an antipsychotic

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Risk of benzodiazeppine use in pregnancy

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oral clefts in newborns and floppy baby

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when you might consider benzodiazepine in pregnany

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in severe anxeity and agitation (Short term)

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which antideppressant are not to be given in pregnancy?

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MAOIS

Due to risk o f hypertensive crisis & congenital malformation

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which SSRI cross placenta the least?

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Sertraline

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which SSRI shows safest profile in pregnancy

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Fluoxetine

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Risk of TCA in pregnancy?

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neonatal withdrawal syndrome

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what is neonatal withdrawal syndrome?

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baby withdrawns from TCA in last trimmester

Agitation, irritability, resppiratory distress, endocrine and metabolic disturbances and seizure

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your patient is on antipsychotic and becomes pregnant, what you do?
if there is risk of relapse, continue
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Depot antipsychotics in pregnancy and breatfeeding?
Do not offer
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when can dopot antipsychotic be considered in pregnant or breastfeeding patient?
if there history of non-adherence to tablets and history of good response to depots
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pregnancy with no hx of SSRI
initiate sertraline
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Pregnancy with hx of antideprpessants
initiate what has worked well before
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drugs with risk of neonatal withdrawal syndrome in pregnancy?
Paroxetine Venlafaxine
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for breastfeeding post-natal depression w/out hx of antidepressant
Sertraline & Mirtazapine (NICE +paroxetine)
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for breastfeeding post-natal depression with hx of antidepressant
initiate what has worked well before
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for breastfeeding post-natal depression with no response to SSRIs
NICE suggests imipramine or nortryptiline
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which TCA to avoid in breastfeeding?
DOXEPIN
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if a patient on antipsychotic gets pregnanty what to do?
if likely to relapse continue
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antipsychotics with most reproductive safety data
Quetiapine Risperidone Olanzapine Halopridol
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which antipsychotic crosses placenta the least?
Quetiapine
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if a patient on antipsychotic starts to breastfee, what is your advice
continue on what has already worked
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which antipsychotic not to be given in breastfeeding?
C L O Z A P I N E
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Safest antipschotic in breast feeding?
quetiapine & Olanzapine
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mood stabilizers in pregnancy and breastfeeding
No no no
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Sedative in pregancyy?
Promethazine (widely used but little data)
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Benzodiazepine for sedation in pregnancy?
Do not use it in late stages due to floppy baby
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Sedative for breastfeeding
Lorazepam
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NICE recommendation for treating mild depression in pregnancy?
facilitated self-help
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NICE recommendation for treating moderate to severe depression?
high intensityy psychological intervention or TCA, SSRI or SNRI if preferred
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NICE recommendation for treating moderate to severe depression in pregnancy with history of depression?
go streight to TCA, SSRI or SNRI
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NICE recommendation for a patient with mild to moderate depression on SSRI/TCA becomes pregnant?
Consider stopping gradually and recommend facilitated self help
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NICE recommendation for treating mild anxiety in pregnancy?
facilitated self-help
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NICE recommendation for treating anxiety disorder in pregnancy?
high-intensity psychological intervention
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NICE recommendation for a patient with mild to moderate anxiety on SSRI/TCA becomes pregnant?
Consider stopping gradually and recommend high intensity psychological intervention
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NICE recommendation for treating bipolar depression in pregnancy?
Pscy. Intervention
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NICE recommendation for treating mania or psychosis in pregnancy?
antipsychotics
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NICE recommendation for treating schizophrenia with high risk fo relapse in pregnancy?
CBT or family intervention
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NICE recommendation for patients with bipolar in pregnancy?
offer prophylactic antipsychotic if lithium stops
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NICE recommendation for patients with bipolar in pregnancy on antipsychotic who develops mania any way
1- increase th dose or 2-Switch dose or 3-start on lithium
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Concern about SSRI in pregnancy?
Cadiac malformation and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertention of newborn but not proven
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Concern about antipsychotics in pregnancy?
no strong evidence
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concern about valproate in pregnancy
- Spina bifida -Atrial septal defects -Cleft palate -Hypospedia -Polyydactyly -Craniosynostosis
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Concern about lithium in pregnancy
Ebstein's anomalies
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Concern about alcohol in pregnancy
cleft lip/palate foetal alcohol syndrome
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Concern about carbamazepine in pregnancy
spina bifida
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Concern about diazepam in pregnancy
craniofacial defects (not replicated in other studies)
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Steroids
Craniofacial defect (BNF is not convinced)

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