Safe for baby One month after Pegasys treatment?
Baby Q asked:
? sure to have a child 1 month after the treatment of pegasys? I was on the treatment of pegasys for 6 months. Recommended adjustments to stop the med 10 weeks ago and now to be 6-8 weeks pregnant. ? sure to have the baby? Teratogenic effect?
May 13th, 2009 at 9:23 am
the medication for hepatitis c is not out of your system yet. it takes a good 6 months or more as everyone proccesses medication differently. i’m sorry to have to tell you this, but this child your carrying might be deformed or have other serious health challanges-if not fetal death.
pegasys treatment consists of interferon and ribavirin in normal circumstances. ribavirin can cause birth defects. both drugs are considered a form of antiviral chemotherapy.
ribavirin causes RNA mutagen’s
amantadine causes Matrix protein / haemagglutinin
interferon causes cell defense proteins activation
the combination with any interferon can cause fetal death as the worst conciquence and fetal malformities and learning disabilites as the less serious side effects.
i would contact your doctors (obgyn) and your liver doctor to know about the side effects on your unborn child, that way you can weight the pros and cons and decide what you should do and where to go from here.
good luck and god bless