Uvox 100 mg, daxid 100 mg, rexipra fx 10 mg this is ocd medicine. Is safe in pregnancy or this medicine causes any birth or mental defect to the baby.

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Dear lybrate-user, No drug is safe in pregnancy. The chances of birth defect or mental defect may be 1 in 10000 with a drug. For you, it may be your only child. On the other side, the severity of OCD and its effect on pregnancy and child rearing also need to be considered. If it is severe and needs to be managed with all these drugs, you can ignore rare chances of birth defect. If OCD is mild and you can manage for few months without drugs, you are welcome to decide on it. Discuss all these with your psychiatrist, your husband and other significant persons before deciding. Gynecologist will help you in time to abort the abnormal child if confirmed by 11th week ultrasound and triple test. Do it fast. It has to be done while planning for pregnancy itself.

Saranya Devanathan · Accepted Answer

Dear lybrate-user, No drug is safe in pregnancy. The chances of birth defect or mental defect may be 1 in 10000 with a drug. For you, it may be your only child. On the other side, the severity of OCD and its effect on pregnancy and child rearing also need to be considered. If it is severe and needs to be managed with all these drugs, you can ignore rare chances of birth defect. If OCD is mild and you can manage for few months without drugs, you are welcome to decide on it. Discuss all these with your psychiatrist, your husband and other significant persons before deciding. Gynecologist will help you in time to abort the abnormal child if confirmed by 11th week ultrasound and triple test. Do it fast. It has to be done while planning for pregnancy itself.