Effects of maternal modafinil treatment on fetal development and neonatal growth parameters - a multicenter case series of the European Network of Teratology Information Services (ENTIS).
Marlies OnkenLukas LohseBénédicte CoulmDelphine BeghinJonathan L RichardsonEva Bermejo-SánchezCristina AguileraMontserrat BoschMatteo CassinaLaurent ChouchanaMarco De SantisMine Kadioglu DumanM Zafer GörenDiana JohnsonAnnie Pierre Jonville BeraYusuf C KaplanDebra KennedySusan KwokIsabelle LacroixMarion LepelleyAlessandra PistelliChristof SchaeferBernke Te WinkelNusret UysalUrsula WinterfeldNaho YakuwaOrna Diav-CitrinThierry VialKatarina DathePublished in: Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica (2023)
The results do not indicate an increased risk of MCA after in utero exposure to modafinil, but a tendency toward lower BW and reduced neonatal HC. However, these findings should be regarded as preliminary. Until further studies allow for a definite conclusion, modafinil should not be used during pregnancy.