Potentially Teratogenic Dietary Supplements

• Blue cohosh

• False unicorn root, hellebore

• Hemlock

• Tragacanth

(see Table 1)

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One might argue that these natural products are abused, so such examples are not relevant to the use of dietary supplements by healthy women during pregnancy. However, there are several dietary supplements that are currently recommended for a variety of conditions, including some that would be considered appropriate “structure/function” claims under the FDA’s final rule, that may not be safe for use in pregnancy (Table 1, use link in above slide).