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Immune globulin intravenous and subcutaneous Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Warnings

Brand names: Gammagard Liquid, Gammaked, Gamunex-C

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Feb 16, 2024.

Immune globulin intravenous and subcutaneous Pregnancy Warnings

Safety has not been established during pregnancy; use during pregnancy only if clearly needed.

AU TGA pregnancy category: Exempt
US FDA pregnancy category: Not assigned

Animal studies have not been conducted. There are no controlled data in human pregnancy. Immune globulin intravenous only crosses the human placenta in significant amounts after 32 weeks gestation; placental transfer is a function of both dose and gestational age.

AU Exempt: Medications exempted from pregnancy classification are not absolutely safe for use in pregnancy in all circumstances. Some exempted medicines, for example the complementary medicine, St John's Wort, may interact with other medicines and induce unexpected adverse effects in the mother and/or fetus.

US FDA pregnancy category Not Assigned: The US FDA has amended the pregnancy labeling rule for prescription drug products to require labeling that includes a summary of risk, a discussion of the data supporting that summary, and relevant information to help health care providers make prescribing decision and counsel women about the use of drugs during pregnancy. Pregnancy categories A, B, C, D and X are being phased out.

See references

Immune globulin intravenous and subcutaneous Breastfeeding Warnings

Safety has not been established.

Excreted into human milk: Unknown
Excreted into animal milk: Data not available

See references

References for pregnancy information

  1. TGA. Therapeutic Goods Administration. Australian Drug Evaluation Committee. Prescribing medicines in pregnancy: an Australian categorisation of risk of drug use in pregnancy. http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/medpreg.htm 2010.
  2. Product Information. Gamunex-C (immune globulin intravenous and subcutaneous). Talecris Biotherapeutics. 2011.
  3. Briggs GG, Freeman RK. Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health. 2015.

References for breastfeeding information

  1. Product Information. Gamunex-C (immune globulin intravenous and subcutaneous). Talecris Biotherapeutics. 2011.

Further information

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