Pregnancy & Lactation : הריון/הנקה

4.6   Fertility, pregnancy and lactation

Women with childbearing potential
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When an administration of radiopharmaceuticals to a woman of childbearing potential is intended, it is important to determine whether or not she is pregnant. Any woman who has missed a period should be assumed to be pregnant until proven otherwise. If in doubt about her potential pregnancy (if the woman has missed a period, if the period is very irregular, etc.), alternative techniques not using ionising radiation (if there are any) should be offered to the patient.

Pregnancy:
No data are available on the use of this product in human pregnancy. Animal reproduction studies have not been performed
Radionuclide procedures carried out on pregnant women also involve radiation doses to the foetus. Only essential investigations should therefore be carried out during pregnancy, when the likely benefit exceeds the risk incurred by the mother and the foetus.
Breast-feeding:
Before administering a radioactive medicinal product to a mother who is breast feeding consideration should be given as to whether the investigation could be reasonably delayed until after the mother has ceased breast feeding and as to whether the most appropriate choice of radiopharmaceutical has been made, bearing in mind the secretion of activity in breast milk.
If the administration is considered necessary, breast feeding should be interrupted for 12 hours and the expressed feeds discarded.