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Can you use hydrogen peroxide during pregnancy? I just want to clean out a small cut. I can't find information about it.
Thanks.
Hi Sue,
Hydrogen peroxide is a very unstable compound and as soon as you use it over a wound or cut, it breaks up into oxygen and water. The peroxide is not absorbed systemically and it poses no risk to other parts of the body. It is completely safe to use during pregnancy too.
Ravi Ghooi
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Dr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi
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I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.
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