Using Novocain while pregnant Question: My wife needs to go to the dentist, but she is pregnant and worried about the use of Novocain. What precautions should be taken?
I wouldn’t be too concerned. There appears to be little, if any, systemic absorption after local injection and if there was any problem you would have heard about it since this is such a common problem. There has not been systemic research (and won’t be), but this appears to be a very low risk. Pregnancy Question: My sister was diagnosed as being in premature menopause at the age of 31. She desperately wanted another child so the doctor put her on estrogen patches approximately 2 months ago. Her blood levels did not change so he then put her on Fertinex for a two week regime. A vaginal sonogram indicated that she had one mature follicle. Today she had a sonogram and is 7 weeks pregnant a heart beat having been detected. Could the fetus have been harmed by the infertility treatments administered after conception? Could she possibly be pregnant with two children conceived at different times? Her blood levels have recently been highly elevated. Answer: Possibly a fetal abnormality, but un
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