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Hi. i'm 15 weeks pregnant and have high blood pressure. the gynaecologist ran some test and i have a high risk of having clots in my placenta. he then prescribed for me flaxiparine 0.3mil daily. how safe is this medication since i'm pregnant?

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Dr. Leslie Leighton answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

If gyn prescribed: If your gynecologist prescribed the medicine for risk of placental blood clots and he knows you are pregnant I would think that it would be safe in pregnancy otherwise he probably would not have prescribed.

Answered 6/5/2019

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