Hi! I had my periods on 23/2/2014 and had unprotected intercourse on 8th and 12th day of this cycle and took tab albendazole 400mg stat dosage on 15th day of the same cycle . Now I came to know that the pregnancy is to be avoided for 1 month after the last dose of albendazole. So worried if had already conceived would this dose harm my embryo or not? Plz answer my query .... Waiting for reply
Hello, and I hope I can help you today. It is not recommended that Albendazole be taken during the first trimester of pregnancy because the medication has been shown to cause birth defects in laboratory animals if given during pregnancy. However, there are two reasons that you do not need to worry about the one dose of Albendazole you already took.  The first is that there are no studies that Albendazole causes birth defects in humans at all.  Secondly, you took the medicine at the time of conception and even though the Chat Doctor.  Therefore, you do not need to worry about birth defects from the timing of when you took Albendazole. I encourage you to seek prenatal care early in pregnancy and get an ultrasound examination early to make sure the baby develops properly. I hope I was able to adequately answer your question today and that my advice was helpful. Best wishes for the rest of the pregnancy,