• Med. J. Aust. · Feb 2016

    Management of pregnancy in women with rheumatoid arthritis.

    • Gene-Siew Ngian, Andrew M Briggs, Ilana N Ackerman, and Sharon Van Doornum.
    • Department of Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC gene-siew.ngian@mh.org.au.
    • Med. J. Aust. 2016 Feb 1; 204 (2): 62-3.

    AbstractRheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity may improve during pregnancy but postpartum flares are common. Patients taking disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs should be counselled about effective contraception. Knowledge about drug safety in pregnancy is limited but the Therapeutic Goods Administration categories and online resources are a guide to the data currently available. Begin prepregnancy counselling as early as possible to allow for cessation of teratogenic medications and optimisation of RA disease control. For unplanned pregnancies, cease teratogenic medications immediately and refer to a genetic counsellor and maternal-fetal medicine specialist for risk assessment and advice.

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