A woman with asthma is experiencing a postpartum hemorrhage. Which drug would NOT be used to treat her bleeding because it may exacerbate her asthma?

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Prostaglandin derivatives should not be used to treat women with asthma,because they may exacerbate symptoms. Pitocin would be the drug of choice to treat this woman's bleeding because it would not exacerbate her asthma. NSAIDs are not used to treat bleeding. Fentanyl is used to treat pain,not bleeding.

A Woman with Asthma Is Experiencing a Postpartum Hemorrhage