What are the risks/side effects of intralipids?
Most ladies have no side effects. The only serious risk is that of allergic reaction (but the risk is low so long as you are not allergic to soya, peanuts or eggs). It will also raise your blood lipid level which may affect ladies with poorly controlled diabetes or insulin resistance. With pregnancy there is always a risk of developing gestational diabetes (a very common condition which usually reverses after pregnancy) particularly for ladies who have PCOS, who are overweight, older or who have a family history of diabetes, and the risk increases towards the end of the second trimester. In the UK, pregnant ladies are monitored for gestational diabetes using urine testing but this is very inaccurate, so ladies who have these risk factors and who are continuing to use intralipids after the first trimester might want to ask for additional screening for gestational diabetes so they can make the doctor who is responsible for their intralipid treatment aware of any increased risk of diabete
