To : Moira McCaul
Re : Ampetamine use while pregnant
The amphetamines have been studied a number of times in pregnancy to
determine if they are teratogenic. Thus far none of the studies suggest
that they are overly teratogenic to the fetus.
MDMA(Ecstasy) is a hallucinogenic amphetamine. I only found one paper on
MDMA (Ecstasy) and its teratogenicity, and it was in a rat cell culture
line...so not too pertinent.
So I think the risk that the infant is damaged is quite low and the mom
should quite worrying about it.
Regards
Tom Hale, Ph.D.
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