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2004 AUG 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A case report from Turkey is the first in the literature to describe maternal and fetal outcome after exposure to the antidiabetic medications rosiglitazone, gliclazide and atorvastatin.
According to F. Yaris and colleagues, Karadeniz Tech University, "The subject is a diabetic and hypertensive woman treated early during an unplanned pregnancy with a multidrug regimen that included three drugs with no prior history for use in pregnant women (rosiglitazone, gliclazide, atorvastatin).
"She was under care for chronic hypertension, which she suffered for 14 years, and diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, anxiety disorder, morbid obesity and epilepsy for 5 years," they said.
Unaware she was pregnant, during the first 7 weeks of the pregnancy the woman was taking rosiglitazone (4 mg/day), gliclazide (60 mg/day) and atorvastatin (40 mg/day) in addition to acarbose, spironolactone, hydrochlorothiazide, carbamazepine, thioridazine, amitryptiline, chlordiazepoxide and pipenzolate bromide.
"Pharmacotherapy was adjusted following clinical recognition of pregnancy during the 8th week," Yaris and colleagues said. The woman ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Case of normal pregnancy after exposure to antidiabetic drugs...