You already know this but a surprising number of medical
professionals don't: pregnant women aren't just fat versions of average
women (who, themselves, aren't just mini versions of men). Which means
you can't necessarily medicate a pregnant women like you would any
other woman, who you can't just medicate like any ol' guy.
That's before you even consider the consequences of passively medicating a growing fetus.
This, it turns out, presents a problem that researchers are only
now beginning to look into. Given shifts in the pregnant woman's
metabolism, among many other changes, it's any doctor's guess as to
what and how much medication to prescribe to pregnant women who are
battling cancer, depression, or the flu -- not to mention WMD-type
viruses.
Here's an example of the problem the pregnant body presents:
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