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Preface. Frontispiece. How to use this book. 1. Thalidomide. 2. Amphetamines. 3. Tricyclic antidepressants. 4. Lithium. 5. Ethanol. 6. Cigarette smoking. 7. Caffeine. 8. Drugs of abuse. 9. Neuroleptic agents. 10. Benzodiazepines. 11. Anticonvulsants. 12. Opioid analgesics. 13. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, and paracetamol. 14. Anaesthetic agents (general and local anaesthetics). 15. Sympathomimetic agents. 16. Antihypertensive drugs, and beta adrenoreceptor blocking agents. 17. Diuretics. 18. Penicillamine and gold. 19. Antibiotics and chemotherapeutic agents. 20. Drugs used in tuberculosis. 21. Antimalarials. 22. Vaccines. 23. Anticoagulants. 24. Haematinics. 25. Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal tract. 26. Anti-emetic agents. 27. Vitamins and the retinoids. 28. Corticosteroids. 29. Hormonal contraceptives. 30. Diethylstilboestrol, and related agents affecting fetal sex hormone development. 31. Spermicidal agents. 32. Thyroid and antithyroid drugs. 33. Oral hypoglycaemic agents. 34. Prostaglandins. 35. Cytotoxic and immunosuppressive agents. Appendices: I. Abnormal fetal genitourinary system development associated with drugs. II. Drugs associated with polydactyly and syndactyly. III. Reported association of congenital abnormalities of bones and intra-uterine drug exposure. IV. Limb reduction deformities associated with drug exposure in utero. V. Drug related anencephaly, exencephaly and spina bifida in humans. VI. Human congenital cardiac defects that have been associated with drug exposure in utero. VII. Drugs associated with congenital hearing loss and/or microtia. VIII. Drugs associated with congenital ocular defects. IX. Drugs associated with oral clefts. X. X-irradiation.XI. Behavioural teratology. XII. The kinetics of drugs during pregnancy - general principles. XIII. Evolution and prediction of drug safety in pregnancy. XIV. Attempted suicide with drugs in pregnancy. Index of drugs. Index of side effects.