San Gabriel Valley Perinatal Medical Group
SAFE MEDICATIONS FOR COMMON COMPLAINTS DURING PREGNANCY

Symptom

Medication

Cough Dextromethrophan (Robitussin DM sugar free ®)
Constipation Metamucil® , Citrucel®, Colace ®, Dulcolax ®, milk of magnesia.
Diarrhea Antidiarrhea medicine can be used occasionally (Kaopectate, Donnagel)
Gas Gas-X ®, Mylicon ®, Phazyme ®
Ingredient: Simethicone
Hayfever, sneezing, runny nose, itchy watery eyes Chlorpheniramine (Chlortrimeton ®)
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl ®)
Clemastine (Tavist Allergy ®)
Headache or fever: Acetaminophen (Tylenol ®)
Hemorrhoids Hemorrhoid creams (Tucks, Preparation H, or Anusol)
Indigestion, heartburn Milk of Magnesia (1-2 Tablespoons for constipation & heartburn)
Insomnia Unisom Sleep Tabs®
Ingredients: Doxylamine succinate
Nasal congestion Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed ®)*
Nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose, itchy watery eyes Actifed Cold and Allergy ®
Ingredients: Pseudoephedrine *
,Triprolidine
Nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose, itchy watery eyes, fever, and headache Actifed Cold and Sinus ®
Ingredients: Acetaminophen, Chlorpheniramine, Pseudoephedrine*.
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