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A member asked:
After taking methyldopa 250mg thrice daily and my blood pressure is high my doctor told me to add nifedipine 20mg at night only. im 24 weeks 5 days pregnant and i need a second opinion to know if this is safe because im in a developing country ?
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The advantage: you have is that the medications you mention have "been around" for many years. This means that if they were implicated in birth defects when given in early pregnancy this would be well known around the world! I hope this is helpful! Dr Z
Answered 7/20/2019
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