Is your medication safe during pregnancy? Select your trimester and enter the drug name to get a plain-English safety rating and risk explanation.
A medication's risk during pregnancy often depends heavily on which trimester you're in — some drugs pose the greatest concern during early development in the first trimester, while others become more of a risk closer to delivery. Checking your specific medication against your current stage of pregnancy gives a much more accurate picture than a general safety label alone.
⚕️ Never stop a prescribed medication during pregnancy without first speaking to your OB-GYN or midwife.
Not without talking to your doctor first — abruptly stopping some medications can be riskier than continuing them, especially for chronic conditions like epilepsy, depression, or high blood pressure.
They're a rough guide to how much human and animal safety data exists for a drug during pregnancy — but they're not a precise risk scale, which is why a plain-English explanation of your specific situation helps more.
Yes — common OTC drugs like certain pain relievers and cold medicines can carry pregnancy-specific guidance too, so it's worth checking those the same way as prescriptions.
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