Ethinamate Risk Summary

Risk Factor: CM
Class: Central nervous system drugs / Sedatives and hypnotics

Fetal Risk Summary

Ethinamate is a hypnotic used for insomnia. Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with this drug. The Collaborative Perinatal Project monitored 50,282 mother-child pairs, 68 of whom had 1st trimester exposure to miscellaneous tranquilizers and nonbarbiturate sedatives (1). Three of these exposures were to ethinamate. From the total group of 68, six infants with malformations were delivered, but details on individual exposures were not given.

Breast Feeding Summary

No data are available.

References

1. Heinonen OP, Slone D, Shapiro S. Birth Defects and Drugs in Pregnancy. Littleton, MA:Publishing Sciences Group, 1977:33

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