Pombe ni kitu cha kwanza kuepuka.
Uwe makini sana na dawa haswa ukiwa mjamzito dawa ya kawaida kabisa kama aspirini inaweza kuharibu ujauzito.Dawa zinazotumika kutibu magonjwa ya CNS(Central nervous system) kama depression(antidepressants,SSRI,SNRI),Epilepsy(Antiepileptics),schizofernia(Antipsycotics) hazitakiwi kutumika ukiwa mjamzito au kama huna choice lazima utumie kutokana na makubaliano na daktari.
Ziko dawa maalumu ambazo zinajulikana kama TERATOGENS(aidha zinaharibu ujauzito au zinasababisha mapungufu kwa mtoto anaezaliwa.Nazo ni:
angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors-ACE inhibitors (for example, Zestril, Prinivil, and Lisinopril);
aminopterin;
androgens (Android, Methyltestosterone);
busulfan (Myleran);
carbamazepine (Tegretol);
chlorobiphenyls;
coumarins (Coumadin, warfarin);
cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan);
danazol (Danocrine);
diethylstilbestrol (DES);
etretinate (Tegison);
isotretinoin (Accutane);
lithium (Eskalith);
methimazole (Tapazole);
methotrexate (Rhumatrex);
penicillamine (Depen, Cuprimine);
phenytoin (Dilantin);
radioactive iodine;
tetracycline (Sumycin);
trimethadione (Tridione); na
valproic acid.
NB😀awa ya pekee ambayo anashauriwa kutumia mjamzito akiwa na maumivu ni paracetamol/panodil,nyingenezo lazima utumie baada ya ushauri wa daktari.