A member asked:
My wife has fungal infection in her leg nails left and right finger nail and she is pregnant for one month, can she take lamisil (terbinafine) tablets as treatment?
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Yes: Lamisil (terbinafine) is pregnancy category b and it is safe to take during pregnancy.
Answered 5/1/2020
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I advise against it.: All medications may causer side effects. No one knows, for example, whether this drug might increase th risk of autism. The federal system for labeling drugs dangerous in pregnancy is poorl. They up the danger level once teratogenic effects become known. Paint the toenail surface qid with decolorized tincture of iodine--a highly potent fungicide. They will grow out normal.
Answered 10/8/2020
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