Medication during low-risk pregnancy.
The use of medication during low-risk pregnancy was studied prospectively in a cohort of women supervised by specialist obstetricians at a university hospital (n = 332) and a cohort of women supervised by midwives in private practice (n = 250). More women under supervision of obstetricians/gynaecologists used medication (87.7%) than women supervised by midwives (59.8%). The top-five of medication were analgesics, antacids, vitamins, antibiotics and dermatologic preparations. More research is needed to establish the risks of these medications to the offspring.
Department of Epidemiology, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012306:Risk