Eptifibatide Pregnancy and Breast Feeding Warnings

Eptifibatide is also known as: Integrilin

Overview

If you plan on becoming pregnant, discuss with your doctor the benefits and risks of using Eptifibatide during pregnancy. It is unknown if Eptifibatide is excreted in breast milk. If you are or will be breast-feeding while you are using Eptifibatide , check with your doctor or pharmacist to discuss the risks to your baby.

Eptifibatide Pregnancy Warnings

Eptifibatide has been assigned to pregnancy category B by the FDA. Animal data have failed to reveal evidence of fetotoxicity after administration of doses equivalent to 4 times the maximum recommended human daily dose. There are no adequate or controlled data from human pregnancy studies. Eptifibatide should only be used during pregnancy when need has been clearly established.

Eptifibatide Lactation Warnings

There are no data on the excretion of eptifibatide in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when eptifibatide is administered to a nursing mother.

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