Sunday, April 1, 2018

Medications


For those of you reading this blog, Courtney suffers from a blood disorder MTHFR ....she has to take the following to help support a healthy pregnancy:

Methyldopia-2x per day- High blood pressure
Baby Aspirin- 81 mg. 1x per day- help thin blood
Unisom sleep tabs (safe kind for pregnancy)
Metformin- 500 mg. 3x per day- sugars
Promethazine- 25mg. as needed every 4-6 hours for nausea 
Levothyroxine- 50 mcg. - hypo thyroidism
Progesterone- 200mg. 3x per day- vaginally
Concentrated Cranberry Fruit- 4,200mg. 2 pills 3x day- (elective by Courtney due to chronic UTIs)
Prenatal Vitamins- 1x per day
Nortic Natural Ultimate Omega 3- 2x day- DHA and EPA 
DHA- 300 mg. 1 x per day.
Folic Acid -800mcg. - 4 pills at night, one in the AM (total of 5 pills per day)
Generic Lovenox Shots- 40ml. 1 x per day.