Welcome to bumps
This website provides reliable, evidence-based, and accurate information about use of medicines in pregnancy, in the form of freely available patient information leaflets called 'Bumps' ('Best Use of Medicines in Pregnancy').
Bump leaflets are produced by the UK Teratology Information Service (UKTIS), a not-for-profit national organisation hosted by the Newcastle upon Tyne hospital NHS Foundation Trust and funded by Public Health England on behalf of the UK Health Departments. Bump leaflets are based on the scientific material UKTIS produces for healthcare professionals and incorporate information from all relevant published scientific studies.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
Read our patient information summary about COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy here
Read the UKTIS summary about medications used to treat COVID-19 in pregnancy here
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) have published an information leaflet regarding COVID-19 Virus Infection and Pregnancy
See our updated bump leaflet for information on why flu vaccination is particularly important during pregnancy while COVID-19 is circulating
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Information leaflets - New/updated:
Use of tocilizumab
Use of lopinavir/ritonavir
Use of hydroxychloroquine
Use of montelukast
Use of ribavirin
Use of rifampicin
Use of haemorrhoid treatments
Use of sulfasalazine
Use of disulfiram
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Online reporting - Our new online reporting facility is now live! Find out more about how and why to create a my bumps record here.