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Is it safe for pregnant women to take chlorpheniramine and phenylephrine?

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Dr. Liza Kunz answered

Gestational age: At 33 weeks of pregnancy both medications are fine to take. In the first trimester chlorpheniramine is fine, but i advise my patients to avoid phenylephrine.

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Answered 5/9/2013

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