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Did I Just Make This Up?

MommaEricaMommaErica
in November 2011 Moms

Is menthol okay while pregnant?  I have it in my head it's not for some reason but, I can't remember why and I can't verify that with any source I have but, I really feel like it was something to avoid.

This came up while I was buying cough drops today.  I got the menthol ones because the package didn't say not to but, I have this nagging feeling that's wrong.

 

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  • diddlenationdiddlenation

    I have never heard that.

     

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  • MrsNash37212MrsNash37212 member

    That rings a bell to me, too.

    ETA: Just looked at my approved meds list and for sore throat it says chloraseptic throat spray or cepacol lozenges. I think cepacol has menthol so it must be okay?



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  • kurokaikurokai member
    Dr. Google said there's no documented risk or trials on menthol during pregnancy.
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  • MommaEricaMommaErica
    imageMrsNash37212:

    That rings a bell to me, too.

    ETA: Just looked at my approved meds list and for sore throat it says chloraseptic throat spray or cepacol lozenges. I think cepacol has menthol so it must be okay?

    I just looked up cepacol and indeed, it has menthol in it.  Huzzah! 

    Thank you.  I wonder WHY we both thought that though?   

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  • MommaEricaMommaErica

    imagekurokai:
    Dr. Google said there's no documented risk or trials on menthol during pregnancy.

    Yeah, Dr. Google says a lot of things.  :)

    Looks like he might have been right this time. 

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  • MommaEricaMommaErica
    imagediddlenation:

    I have never heard that.

     

    Sweet. Hopefully, since I already bought the cough drops, I'm just crazy. 

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  • varkeyrvarkeyr
    Only if they are the type found in cigaretsWink
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  • MommaEricaMommaErica

    imagevarkeyr:
    Only if they are the type found in cigaretsWink

    LOL! I intentionally didn't want to put anything about menthol in the subject line because I was afraid that the first thing people thought of would be smoking! 

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  • MrsNash37212MrsNash37212 member
    imageMommaErica:
    imageMrsNash37212:

    That rings a bell to me, too.

    ETA: Just looked at my approved meds list and for sore throat it says chloraseptic throat spray or cepacol lozenges. I think cepacol has menthol so it must be okay?

    I just looked up cepacol and indeed, it has menthol in it.  Huzzah! 

    Thank you.  I wonder WHY we both thought that though?   

    Maybe we were both thinking of the non-menthol ones that have other ingredients instead and we got them confused? I blame pregnancy brain. In fact, I blame everything on pregnancy brain these days!



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