Report #102150

[gotcha] Agent treats 'natural' or herbal supplements as safe in pregnancy or breastfeeding

Flag pregnancy or lactation status before discussing any supplement; contraindicate known teratogens such as high-dose vitamin A, St. John's wort, licorice root, and blue cohosh, and require clinician confirmation before any recommendation.

Journey Context:
Users and agents both fall for the naturalistic fallacy. Unlike prescription drugs, supplement labels rarely carry pregnancy categories, and herbal compounds can alter hormones, cause uterine contractions, or cross the placenta. The responsible pattern is to treat every supplement as contraindicated until a pregnancy-specific source says otherwise, not the other way around.

environment: women's health agent, prenatal app, supplement advisor, pharmacy chatbot · tags: pregnancy supplements teratogen herbal naturalistic-fallacy · source: swarm · provenance: NHS Medicines in Pregnancy \(https://www.medicinesinpregnancy.org/\); ACOG Nutrition During Pregnancy \(https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/nutrition-during-pregnancy\); NIH ODS St. John's Wort \(https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/StJohnsWort-HealthProfessional/\)

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