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We’ve been hearing for some time now about the FDA’s plans to revise the long-standing categories A, B, C, D, and X designations for risk of using medications in pregnancy. The new rule (referred to as PLLR for Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule) was proposed in 2008, finalized in 2014,...

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We’ve been hearing for some time now about the FDA’s plans to revise the long-standing categories A, B, C, D, and X designations for risk of using medications in pregnancy. The new rule (referred to as PLLR for Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule) was proposed in 2008, finalized in 2014, and implementation began during the summer of 2015.

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Dr. Vivien Burt discusses mood disorders and pregnancy. It’s now pretty widely recognized that pregnancy does not protect against mental illness, and the postpartum period is certainly a time of very high vulnerability for women, especially if they’ve had a history of psychiatric illness.