Reviews and Notes: Pharmacology: Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk

Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk

Fourth edition. GG Briggs, RK Freeman, and SJ Yaffe. 975 pages. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1994. $85.00. ISBN 0683-010-603. Order phone 410-528-4000.

One hundred new drugs have been added since the last edition was published in 1990. Includes risks associated with drugs taken by pregnant and by nursing women. Medicines are listed alphabetically by generic name; brand names appear in an index. From the instructions for use: "Since few absolutes are possible in the area of human teratology, the reader must carefully weigh the evidence, or lack thereof, before utilizing any drug in a pregnant women." Drugs are classified according to their risk as an invaluable reference.