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Is it okay to take 1 diflucan (fluconazole) while pregnant?

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Dr. Amrit Singh answered

Specializes in Cardiology

Class C: Fluconazole (Diflucan) at a single low dose is pregnancy class C, which means risk to the developing baby cannot be ruled out. In studies on animals and people, when pregnant mothers took fluconazole in high doses (400 mg/day) for weeks or months, BIRTH DEFECTS in the newborn children and animals were sometimes seen. At these doses, fluconazole is considered pregnancy class D – meaning it should

Answered 4/12/2015

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