Your doctor or nurse-midwife may decide not to delay preterm labor with tocolytic medicine if you have:
- Very high blood pressure.
- Severe preeclampsia.
- HELLP syndrome, which is a life-threatening liver disorder thought to be a type of severe preeclampsia.
- Heart or lung disease.
- An infection (especially in the uterus) that is not responding to treatment with antibiotic medication.
- Severe bleeding from the vagina.
Credits
| Author | Sandy Jocoy, RN |
| Editor | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Deborah A. Penava, BA, MD, FRCSC, MPH - Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Last Updated | January 14, 2009 |
Author:Sandy Jocoy, RN
Last Updated: 01/14/2009
