Comments on: Managing Asthma During Pregnancy http://www.cureautoimmunity.org/managing-asthma-during-pregnancy/ Autoimmune Diseases and Disorders Research Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:10:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Beth http://www.cureautoimmunity.org/managing-asthma-during-pregnancy/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Beth Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:46:21 +0000 http://www.cureautoimmunity.org/?p=236#comment-105 I wanted to let everyone know that there are experts available to answer your questions about the safety of medicines during pregnancy (for asthma and other conditions) by calling OTIS at 877-311-8972 (toll free in the US and Canada). You will speak with a phone counselor who is a trained in teratology (the study of birth defects caused by exposures during pregnancy). This service is free and confidential. OTIS counselors have a variety of backgrounds in the health care field and include doctors, genetic counselors, nurses, and researchers. You can also check out their website at www.otispregnancy.org. Under resources, you will find information on asthma during pregnancy and even fact sheets in English and Spanish on a variety of common pregnancy questions like topical acne creams, caffeine, nausea and vomiting, and depression, as well as some prescription and non-prescription medications. In addition to providing updated and accurate information on medicines during pregnancy, OTIS conducts telephone interviews with willing participants to learn more about health conditions and medicines during pregnancy. This increased knowledge should benefit women and their doctors in the future by aiding in treatment decisions and ideally providing reassurance. One project, The Asthma and Asthma Medications in Pregnancy Study, is researching the effects of asthma as well as the medications used to treat asthma during pregnancy. Participants will not be asked to take or stop taking any medication as part of this study. We are also enrolling a comparison group for this study (women who don’t have asthma, but who are pregnant). If you are interested in learning more about this study, please call 1-877-311-8972 (Toll Free in Canada and the US), email raandpregnancy@ucsd.edu or check out the website at http://www.otispregnancy.org/asthma-and-pregnancy-s13297 I wanted to let everyone know that there are experts available to answer your questions about the safety of medicines during pregnancy (for asthma and other conditions) by calling OTIS at 877-311-8972 (toll free in the US and Canada). You will speak with a phone counselor who is a trained in teratology (the study of birth defects caused by exposures during pregnancy). This service is free and confidential. OTIS counselors have a variety of backgrounds in the health care field and include doctors, genetic counselors, nurses, and researchers. You can also check out their website at http://www.otispregnancy.org. Under resources, you will find information on asthma during pregnancy and even fact sheets in English and Spanish on a variety of common pregnancy questions like topical acne creams, caffeine, nausea and vomiting, and depression, as well as some prescription and non-prescription medications.

In addition to providing updated and accurate information on medicines during pregnancy, OTIS conducts telephone interviews with willing participants to learn more about health conditions and medicines during pregnancy. This increased knowledge should benefit women and their doctors in the future by aiding in treatment decisions and ideally providing reassurance. One project, The Asthma and Asthma Medications in Pregnancy Study, is researching the effects of asthma as well as the medications used to treat asthma during pregnancy. Participants will not be asked to take or stop taking any medication as part of this study. We are also enrolling a comparison group for this study (women who don’t have asthma, but who are pregnant). If you are interested in learning more about this study, please call 1-877-311-8972 (Toll Free in Canada and the US), email raandpregnancy@ucsd.edu or check out the website at http://www.otispregnancy.org/asthma-and-pregnancy-s13297

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