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Pregnancy and cortisone
- Question
- Hello,
I am im my 33rd week of pregnancy and have a 5-year-old daughter with CF. We did not check whether our unborn child has CF too.
I have been given Urbason® (Methylprednisolone) intravenously (60 mg) and have to take Deltacortene® (Prednisone) for three days due to allergic asthma. Could this have negative effects on a potential CF with our unborn child? The gynecologist said that cortisone is not harmful at all, but I would like to get a second opinion nevertheless.
Many, many thanks. - Answer
- Dear questioner,
cortisone administration, especially not for a short period (not long-term) does not affect the unborn child at all. On the contrary, it is actually used in case of impending premature birth to improve lung development in the newborn. Please do not worry.
Kind regards
A.-U. Stücker - 09.09.2010
