SPS new content on the Safety of Medicines in Pregnancy

Training resource (published and Treating Common Conditions in Pregnancy)

SPS content to support pharmacists (and other HCPs) in providing advice about the safe use of medicines in pregnancy.

This work is part of a suite of programmes commissioned by the Pharmacy Integration Fund to support the Pharmacy Workforce – particularly those working in primary care.

Treating Common Conditions in pregnancy Safety in pregnancy – SPS – Specialist Pharmacy Service – The first stop for professional medicines advice

1. 1. Asthma: treatment during pregnancy
   2. Constipation: treatment during pregnancy
   3. Depression: treatment during pregnancy
   4. Diabetes: treatment during pregnancy
   5. Epilepsy: treatment during pregnancy
   6. Haemorrhoids: treatment during pregnancy
   7. Hayfever or allergic rhinitis: treatment during pregnancy
   8. Heartburn and Dyspepsia: treatment during pregnancy
   9. Hypertension: treatment during pregnancy
   10. Nausea and Vomiting: treatment during pregnancy
   11. Pain: treatment during pregnancy
   12. Thrush or vaginal candida: treatment during pregnancy
   13. Urinary tract infection: treatment during pregnancy

 Training Resources for Safety in Pregnancy Safety in pregnancy – SPS – Specialist Pharmacy Service – The first stop for professional medicines advice

• Questions to ask www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/questions-to-ask-and-information-to-collect-when-giving-advice-about-medicines-in-pregnancy/
• Information resources www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/information-resources-that-give-advice-about-medicines-in-pregnancy/
• Assessing risk versus benefit www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/assessing-risk-and-informing-the-risk-versus-benefit-decision-for-medicines-in-pregnancy/
• The principles www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/the-principles-of-prescribing-in-pregnancy/
• Formulating an answer www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/formulating-your-advice-on-the-use-of-medicines-in-pregnancy/

Information shared with Dorset LPC by:

Paula Russell MRPharmS

Principal Pharmacist

Regional Drug and Therapeutics Centre