Prescription and Other Medication Use in Pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize prescription and other medication use in a geographically and ethnically diverse cohort of women in their first pregnancy.

Methods

In a prospective, longitudinal cohort study of nulliparous women followed through pregnancy from the first trimester, medication use was chronicled longitudinally throughout pregnancy. Structured questions and aids were used to capture all medications taken as well as reasons they were taken. Total counts of all medications taken including number in each category and class were captured. Additionally, reasons the medications were taken were recorded. Trends in medications taken across pregnancy and in the first trimester were determined.

Results

Of the 9,546 study participants, 9,272 (97.1%) women took at least on

SUBMITTER: Haas DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5912972 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature