Creator: Dr. Reeja Tharu
Keywords: Drug intoxicity, drug toxicity ratings, risk, developing baby, fetus, adverse effects, human studies, animal studies

Written by Dr. Reeja Tharu, M.Phil.,Ph.D
Medically Reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team on Apr 22, 2016

Drug Toxicity Ratings

Medications are classified according to how much risk they pose to a developing baby. (The higher the letter, the greater the risk.)

Toxicity Rating	Risk
A	Drugs, which are not toxic to humans.
B	Drugs, which does not show any significant risk or adverse effects in animal or human studies.
C	Drugs in which no adequate animal or human studies are carried out, or adverse effects are shown in animal studies and no human study data available.
D	Drugs with evidence of risk to the fetus but benefits outweigh the risk of the drug.
X	Drugs with proven risk to the fetus.

Published on Apr 22, 2016
Last Updated on Apr 22, 2016

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