Can Wysolone Be Taken During Pregnancy?

Posted on Wed, 15 Jul 2015

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Question : i am 6 weeks pregnent is it safe to take wysolone 10 mg last month and HCQS200 mg . i am rheumatoid arthritis patient.i wanna ask what are the side effect on my body and baby. bcoz doc says it's risky. can please advised me????????

Answered by Dr. Richa Agarwal (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Yes,your doctor opinion is right.

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear,
Thanks for trusting hcm about your health care.
Congratulations on your pregnancy!
I can understand your concerns.
Both the drug can be used during pregnancy but potential benefits are more than the potential risk to the fetus.
Wyselon is a steroid and FDA category c drug means no human studies done.
It can be used during pregnancy in a very low doses( 2-5 mg).
HCQS ( hydroxychloroquine) can be used during pregnancy in low doses( 200mg) where the potential benefits are more than the foetal risk.
Regular eye check up advice because it may cause retinal detatchment.
As such RA can be suppressed during pregnancy ( as other autoimmune disease) and you should always be in contact with your rheumatologist for dose regulations.
Hope it is useful, feel free to discuss more information.
Good luck for your future outcome.
Good luck.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Richa Agarwal (18 minutes later)

if is it my pregnency risky bcoz last mc dates started brown dischargearround 6 days. i hd cunsulted the doc they give me some medicenne and injection HUCOG 5000 aftr the injection stopted brown discharge. some times i feel litle bit pain below abd. please freely adviced me can i abort this bcoz 2day i will counculted the doc for abortion. please suggest me??????

Answered by Dr. Richa Agarwal (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
You can continue your pregnancy.

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear,
Sorry for the delay.
Brown discharge can be a normal finding during pregnancy due to hormonal changes, if it stop after taking injection than you can continue your pregnancy.
Little bit lower abdomen pain is not a cause of concern it can be due to stretching of muscle of uterus and abdomen.
I know your pregnancy is associated with some risk and it is come under high risk pregnancy but in my opinion with proper guidance and under expert team( rheumatologist and Gynecologist) you can easily continue it.
Hope my opinion is worth for you and if you have no further questions and want to close the discussion kindly accept my answer before closing if found useful.
Good luck for your future outcome.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Richa Agarwal (9 minutes later)

my RA treatment is going in XXXXXXX RA DOC in XXXXXXX this medice take aftr 2 month plan ur pregnency bt i concive before 1 month folitrax stopd in april 2015. me and my hubby take no risk for this bcoz some familly issus and finencial prob.aimms doc said wysolone risky for 1st 3 months i cnt undrstand wat shud i do

Answered by Dr. Richa Agarwal (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Can continue your pregnancy.

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear,
First and most important thing why you have stopped folic acid because it is the most important drug for neurological development of baby and can cause neural tube defect.
As we discuss before these are autoimmune disease and remission occur during pregnancy so with your doctor opinion if possible maybe you will not require any treatment for RA.
And after doing second level ultrasound we can rule out foetal anomalies and can continue pregnancy if everything is fine.
Because the things are same in future also because RA is a life long disease.
Sorry I can't give my number to you,it is not our policy but I am always here to help you and you can directly ask or talk to me through hcm.
Hope you can understand our limitations.
Good luck.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar