Antihypertensive drugs and pregnancy: an update
About 1-5% of women develop hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and some of them are treated with antihypertensive drugs.1 Gestational hypertension increases the risk of preeclampsia1 and has been associated to negative outcomes in pregnancy, like spontaneous abortion, intrauterine growth restriction and premature delivery.2
Are these outcomes due to hypertension or drugs?