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Last Updated: 12/2/2025

Dextromethorphan Use During Pregnancy

Risk-Benefit Consideration

  • The European Respiratory Journal suggests comparing maternal benefit of symptom control against theoretical fetal risk when considering medication use in pregnancy, and for dextromethorphan, the clinical evidence demonstrates that fetal risk is not elevated above baseline 1