Cetirizine Pregnancy and Breast Feeding Warnings

Cetirizine is also known as: All Day Allergy, All Day Allergy Children's, Zyrtec, Zyrtec Hives

Overview

If you become pregnant, contact your doctor. You will need to discuss the benefits and risks of using Cetirizine while you are pregnant. Cetirizine is found in breast milk. Do not breast-feed while taking Cetirizine .

Cetirizine Pregnancy Warnings

Cetirizine has been assigned to pregnancy category B by the FDA. High dose animal studies have failed to reveal evidence of teratogenicity. There are no controlled data in human pregnancy. Cetirizine is only recommended for use during pregnancy when need benefit outweighs risk.

A control group found no significant differences in pregnancy outcome including rate of live births, spontaneous or therapeutic abortion or stillbirth. There was also no difference in the rates of major or minor anomalies including mean birth weight, mode of delivery, gestational age, or presence of neonatal distress.

Cetirizine Lactation Warnings

Cetirizine is excreted into human milk. The manufacturer does not recommend the use of cetirizine in nursing mothers.

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