Fosaprepitant Pregnancy and Breast Feeding Warnings

Fosaprepitant is also known as: Emend for Injection

Overview

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

Fosaprepitant Pregnancy Warnings

Fosaprepitant has been assigned to pregnancy category B by the FDA. Animal studies conducted with fosaprepitant and aprepitant have failed to reveal evidence of impaired fertility or harm to the fetus. There are no controlled data in human pregnancy. Fosaprepitant should be given during pregnancy when need has been clearly established.

Fosaprepitant Lactation Warnings

There are no data on the excretion of fosaprepitant into human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk and because of the potential for possible serious adverse reactions in nursing infants from aprepitant and because of the potential for tumorigenicity shown for aprepitant in rodent carcinogenicity studies, a decision should be made whether to discontinue nursing or to discontinue the drug, taking into account the importance of the drug to the mother.

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