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The general advice is to not take any medication during pregnancy without a physician’s advice. This includes all over the counter medicines.

Physicians find it hard, perhaps impossible, to say "do nothing and go home". They always prescribe something or other.

Okay some don't, particularly North American and Northern/Western European ones.

But mostly, on average, physicians always try to prescribe you something.

Provide a reference please. Which country is that from?

USA, what my wife’s OB told her. 20 years ago.

The OB will give you a list of what you can and can’t take. Tylenol is the only pain reliever you can take.

I’d say that qualifies as physician advice.

Oh I was hoping for a written down reference from an organisation responsible for giving medical advice rather than an single doctor.

Well here’s one:

While they do list some medicines, note that they also say check with your doctor first.

Read a paper long time ago, something to do with increase of sulfur in the brain