Contact Us
For General Inquiries:
CTIS Pregnancy Health Information LineUniversity of California, San Diego
School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
9500 Gilman Drive MC# 0828
La Jolla, CA 92093-0828
Shipping Address For Packages:
7910 Frost Street, Suite 370 San Diego, CA 92123Telephone: 800-532-3749
FAX: 858-246-1708
email: ctispregnancy@ucsd.edu
To ask a counselor a question via email click here. Or Call 1-800-532-3749 (in California).
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Would you like us to call your patient?
A counselor can contact your patient over the phone about the risks presented by drugs, medications, infectious diseases or other agents during pregnancy. (Service provided for California residents only.)
Here’s how:
1. Print the FAX Referral Form, fill-in the required information, have your patient sign the consent to be contacted.
A written summary letter of the current known information about her exposures can be sent to her.
Your patient can provide a copy of this letter to you at her first or subsequent visit, which can be included in her medical file, or she can sign the consent form to have a copy of her letter sent to you.
2. Fax the form to 858-246-1708.
What is your take on coloring hair like a weave?
Since hair coloring is a common practice, this question comes up a lot. Based on limited pregnancy data and the expected low absorption of chemicals into the blood system with application to hair or scalp, occasional use of hair dye is unlikely to be a concern for the pregnancy. If you are doing the coloring yourself, reduce chemical exposure by applying in a place with good ventilation and wearing gloves to decrease skin contact with chemicals. For more details see our fact sheet on hair treatments at http://www.otispregnancy.org/files/hairtreatments.pdf