title: Information on drug use in pregnancy from the Viewpoint Regional Drug Information Centre.
abstract: The need for information on drug use during pregnancy was assessed by reviewing the requests for information arriving at a drug information centre in the past nine years. Of all the queries received 24% concerned this aspect, of which the majority were focused on drug use during pregnancy. Mothers received an average of 2.6 prescriptions, most frequently for antiinfectives, psychotropics, hormones and non-narcotic analgesics. Questions were answered personally after a literature search. A profile of questions and a summary of model cases registered in the archives of the centre are reported. The evaluation confirmed the need for and value of a drug information service in relation to pregnancy, so as to avoid alarmist and falsely reassuring attitudes in a field where knowledge is often based on scanty information.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kasilo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonati
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tognoni
mesh_terms: D004346:Drug Information Services; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013723:Teratogens
chemical_list: D013723:Teratogens