Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: Tenth Edition

METHAZOLAMIDE

Diuretic (Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor)

PREGNANCY RECOMMENDATION: No Human Data—Probably Compatible

BREASTFEEDING RECOMMENDATION: No Human Data—Probably Compatible

PREGNANCY SUMMARY

Methazolamide is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor used in glaucoma to lower intraocular pressure. No reports describing the use of methazolamide in human pregnancy have been located. The drug is teratogenic in some animal species (1). (See also ACETAZOLAMIDE)

BREASTFEEDING SUMMARY

No reports describing the use of methazolamide during human lactation have been located.

Reference

1.Product information. Neptazane. Lederle Laboratories, 1988.



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