Drug use during pregnancy in Hungary.
The data-set of the Hungarian Case-Control Surveillance of Congenital Abnormalities, 1980-1985, demonstrates the occurrence and distribution of drug intakes during pregnancy in the so-called negative control pregnant women delivering unmalformed babies. Of 13.882, only 1260 (9.1%) did not mention drug intakes during pregnancy studied. When vitamins, iron and calcium supplements are excluded, this proportion increases to 29.1%. The most frequently used categories of drugs were sex hormones (41.8%) mainly as hormonal support therapy sedatives, hypnotics and other drugs acting on the central nervous system (38.8%), and drugs acting on the cardiovascular system (33.9%).
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Department of Human Genetics and Teratology, National Institute of Hygiene, Budapest, Hungary.
D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000187:drug effects*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D013723:Teratogens / Q000009:adverse effects
D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D013723:Teratogens