Momevex Use In Pregnancy & Lactation

Pregnancy: During pregnancy and lactation treatment with Mometasone Furoate 0.1% w/w Cream should be performed only on the physician's order. Then however, the application on large body surface areas or over a prolonged period should be avoided. There is inadequate evidence of safety in human pregnancy. Topical administration of corticosteroids to pregnant animals can cause abnormalities of foetal development including cleft palate and intra-uterine growth retardation. There are no adequate and well-controlled studies with Mometasone Furoate 0.1% w/w Cream in pregnant women and therefore the risk of such effects to the human foetus is unknown. However as with all topically applied glucocorticoids, the possibility that foetal growth may be affected by glucocorticoid passage through the placental barrier should be considered. There may therefore be a very small risk of such effects in the human foetus. Like other topically applied glucocorticoids, Mometasone Furoate 0.1% w/w Cream should be used in pregnant women only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the mother or the foetus.
Breast-feeding: It is not known whether topical administration of corticosteroids could result in sufficient systemic absorption to produce detectable quantities in breast milk. Mometasone Furoate 0.1% w/w Cream should be administered to nursing mothers only after careful consideration of the benefit/risk relationship. If treatment with higher doses or long term application is indicated, breast-feeding should be discontinued.