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Yet, therapeutic response often remains unpredictable because obstetric pharmacology has historically focused on pharmacokinetic changes while paying little attention to host\u2010microbiome\u2010drug interactions. Pharmacomicrobiomics, the study of bidirectional interactions between the microbiome and therapeutic agents, has emerged as an important frontier in precision medicine. Increasing evidence demonstrates that the maternal microbiome may influence drug bioavailability, metabolism, efficacy, toxicity, immune response, and placental signaling during pregnancy. Conversely, medications used in obstetric practice, including antibiotics, antiretrovirals, metformin, iron supplementation, and proton pump inhibitors, may reshape maternal microbial ecosystems with downstream implications for maternal\u2010fetal health. 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