Family Planning for People with Multiple Sclerosis in Saudi Arabia: an Expert Consensus

Table 3

Authors’ rating of issues relevant to the therapeutic use of a DMD in women of childbearing potential.

Issue	Average rating
Existence of a therapeutic indication or use during pregnancy	4.5
Known low risk of teratogenicity	4.3
Short washout period if withdrawn	4.1
Positive data from DMD-exposed pregnancy	3.7
Provision of a sufficient period of controlled disease to complete a pregnancy	3.5
Existence of a therapeutic indication or use during lactation	3.3
Positive data from breastfeeding women taking the DMD	2.9

Experts allotted a score of 1 (low) to 5 (high) reflecting the importance of each issue as a driver of prescribing decisions for a woman of childbearing potential, and average scores for each issue are shown here.