Prescription medication use during pregnancy in the United States from 2011 to 2020: trends and safety evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication use during pregnancy has increased in the United States despite the lack of safety data for many medications.

Objective

This study aimed to inform research priorities by examining trends in medication use during pregnancy and identifying gaps in safety information on the most commonly prescribed medications.

Study design

We identified population-based cohorts of commercially (MarketScan 2011-2020) and publicly (Medicaid Analytic eXtract/Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System Analytic Files 2011-2018) insured pregnancies ending in live birth from 2 health care utilization databases. Medication use was based on filled prescriptions between the date of last menstrual period through delivery, as well as the period before the last menstru

SUBMITTER: Mansour O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11187710 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature