Teratogenic drugs are drugs linked to birth defects in a developing embryo and fetus. Drugs including methotrexate and mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept; Genentech USA, Inc), which are neurological treatments for MS and myasthenia gravis, are teratogenic. With the abortion bans and the potential for severe restrictions relating to reproductive health in many states resulting from overturning of Roe v. Wade, some women have reportedly been denied access to these life-saving drugs, according to LaHue. "This could increase risk of morbidity, mortality, and irreversible disability accumulation for women with neurologic diseases." 1There are real dangers that reproductive-age women with multiple sclerosis (MS), migraines, and epilepsy face due to the dissolution of Roe v. Wade, according to neurologists from UC San Francisco in a perspective article published in JAMA Neurology on July 13, 2022.

Source: Washington Post July 28, 2022 14:02 UTC