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FC tab: Do not take this medication if breast-feeding, pregnant, or trying to become pregnant. This medication could seriously harm the baby. The patient must use effective contraception while taking Ferriprox. Ask the doctor which method is best. If the patient becomes pregnant while taking Ferriprox, stop taking the medicine immediately and tell the doctor.
Oral soln: Pregnancy: There are no adequate data from the use of deferiprone in pregnant women. Studies in animals have shown reproductive toxicity (see Pharmacology: Toxicology: Preclinical safety data under Actions). The potential risk for humans is unknown.
Women of childbearing potential must be advised to avoid pregnancy due to the clastogenic and teratogenic properties of the medicinal product. These women should be counselled to take contraceptive measures and must be advised to immediately stop taking deferiprone if they become pregnant or plan to become pregnant (see Contraindications).
Lactation: It is not known whether deferiprone is excreted in human milk. No prenatal and postnatal reproductive studies have been conducted in animals. Deferiprone must not be used by breast‐feeding mothers. If treatment is unavoidable, breast feeding must be stopped.
