I AM PREGNANT ! SHALL I TAKE ASTHMA MEDICINES

THIS IS ONE STUDY DONE DURING PREGNANCY, MANY STUDY'S ARE THERE FOR EASY UNDERSTANDING ,JUST HAVE A LOOK...
Asthma and pregnancy
The article:Jadad AR, Sigouin C, Mohide PT, Levine M, Fuentes M. Risk of congenital malformations associated with treatment of asthma during early pregnancy. Lancet 2000; 355; 119.
The problem:
We know little about the risk of birth defects for asthmatic women who continue their asthma treatment during the first 3 months of their pregnancy.
The study:
A group of researchers from McMaster University in Canada did an extensive search for studies on this topic that had been published in medical journals up to February of 1999.They analyzed studies that compared the number of birth defects in babies of women who took asthma treatments during the first 3 months of pregnancy with the number of birth defects in babies of women who did not have asthma.
The result:
The researchers found 3 studies, two from the US and 1 from Sweden.The studies looked at the effects of steroids, Beta2-agonists, theophylline, sodium cromoglycate, antihistamines and decongestants.None of the studies found an increased risk of birth defects in women who took asthma treatment during the first 3 months of their pregnancy.The number of women who received Beta2-agonists in the studies was 668. The biggest study looked at the effects of budesonide, an inhaled steroid, on more than 2000 women.
The conclusion
The authors of the article concluded that more studies with thousands of women are needed to confirm the results of the studies done to date. In the meantime, asthmatic women and their family physicians should be aware that the best available evidence suggests that asthma treatment taken during the first three months of pregnancy does not increase the risk of birth defects.