Utilization of drugs with pregnancy exposure registries during pregnancy

ConclusionsAmong drugs with pregnancy exposure registries, use was less during pregnancy compared with before pregnancy and to the matched nonpregnant episodes. The lower utilization during pregnancy suggests that women may be avoiding these drugs to minimize potentially harmful exposure during pregnancy. This lower utilization may increase the challenges of further studying the safety of these drugs using pregnancy exposure registries.

Source: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety - March 1, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Onyekachukwu A. Illoh, Sengwee Toh, Susan E. Andrade, Christian Hampp, Leyla Sahin, Kate Gelperin, Lockwood Taylor, Steven T. Bird Tags: ORIGINAL REPORT Source Type: research