Carphenazine
Risk Factor: C
Class: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS
/ Tranquilizers
Contents of this page:
Fetal Risk Summary
Breast Feeding Summary
References
Questions and Answers
Fetal Risk Summary
Carphenazine is a piperazine phenothiazine in the same group as prochlorperazine (see Prochlorperazine). Phenothiazines readily cross the placenta (1). No specific information on the use of carphenazine in pregnancy has been located. Although occasional reports have attempted to link various phenothiazine compounds with congenital malformations, the bulk of the evidence indicates that these drugs are safe for the mother and fetus (see also Chlorpromazine).
Breast Feeding Summary
No data are available.
References
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Moya F, Thorndike V. Passage of drugs across the placenta. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1962;84:177898.
