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Accidentally taking medicine on the no no list?

kristine618kristine618 member
in December 2012 Moms
Has anyone else done this?  I was having the worst heart burn yesterday at work, and found 2 pepto bismol tablets in my desk which I took in desperation, without thinking to check if it was an approved medicine.  I looked today and discovered that it can cause birth defects and other bad things, especially in late pregnancy.  I'm sure that I did not take enough of it for it to truly be a problem, but ugh, I hate that I did that!
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  • MinaE01MinaE01 member
    Aw, don't beat yourself up over it! It was a small amount. It's not like you're taking hits of Pepto twice a day. There's nothing you can do about it now except not make the mistake again. The baby is most likely just fine!

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  • ilenegraceilenegrace member

    imageMinaE01:
    Aw, don't beat yourself up over it! It was a small amount. It's not like you're taking hits of Pepto twice a day. There's nothing you can do about it now except not make the mistake again. The baby is most likely just fine!

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  • lmb5109lmb5109 member
    My OB said you'd have to take a lot of it for it to start contractions. She didn't say anything about birth defects.
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  • jelly0822jelly0822 member

    imageMinaE01:
    Aw, don't beat yourself up over it! It was a small amount. It's not like you're taking hits of Pepto twice a day. There's nothing you can do about it now except not make the mistake again. The baby is most likely just fine!

    I wholeheartedly agree. I was worried early in first trimester about taking my allergy meds without thinking. It is what it is now. You can't change it like PP said. All you can do is make sure to not inhale it all day every day from now on! 

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