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Im 5 weeks pregnant and am on literally about 5mg ( after i chip it) on nadolol for heart arrythimia. is this dangerous to baby. im afaird to stop it?

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OK: But an even safer beta blocker is Acebutolol (sectral) which is class b for pregnancy (safe) as opposed to Nadolol which is class c (unknown)

Answered 6/30/2014

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