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If the patient is pregnant or breastfeeding, thinks she may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, she must be advised before taking this medicine.
If the patient has taken Tenovid during her pregnancy, regular blood tests and other diagnostic tests may be requested to monitor the development of the child. In children whose mothers took NRTIs during pregnancy, the benefit from the protection against HIV outweighed the risk of side effects.
If the patient is a mother with HBV, and her baby has been given treatment to prevent hepatitis B transmission at birth, she may be able to breastfeed her infant, but patients must be advised first.
If the patient is a mother with HIV, advise her not to breastfeed, to avoid passing the virus to the baby in breast milk.
