Pregnancy: There is inadequate evidence of safety in human pregnancy. Administration of corticosteroids to pregnant animals can cause abnormalities of fetal development including cleft palate and intra-uterine growth retardation. There may therefore be a very small risk of such effects in the human foetus. It should be noted, however, that fetal changes in animals occur after relatively high systemic exposure. The drug delivers beclometasone dipropionate directly to the nasal mucosa and so minimizes systemic exposure.
The use of beclometasone dipropionate should be avoided during pregnancy unless thought essential by the doctor.
Lactation: No specific studies examining the transference of beclometasone dipropionate into the milk of lactating animals have been performed. It is reasonable to assume that beclometasone dipropionate is secreted in milk but at the dosages used for direct intranasal administration there is low potential for significant levels in breast milk. The use of beclometasone dipropionate in mothers breast feeding their babies requires that the therapeutic benefits of the drug be weighed against the potential hazards to the mother and baby.