Medications exposure during pregnancy. A study in a university hospital.
To collect informations about drugs prescribed during pregnancy in France we carried out a retrospective survey from august to december 1989. This study was based on a questionnaire at delivery for 225 women. Socio-economic status, obstetrical past history and patterns of prescribing medications were studied. 99.5% of the women were found to have used drugs during pregnancy with a mean of 6.84 medications per woman. There was no influence of age, geographic origins, number of previous pregnancies on drug consumption; socio-professional status was also found to have a poor correlation with drug intake. Patterns of prescribing were compared to those of a previous French study made in 1976: changing pattern of prescribing were found for progestatives, corticoids, neurotropes, aspirin and beta adrenergic agents. We also pointed out that self-administered drugs decreased from 25.9 to 17.9%. This evaluation supports the need of further epidemiological studies in our country.
Berthier
M
M
Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, CHU de Poitiers.
Bonneau
D
D
Perault
M C
MC
Oriot
D
D
Chabot
F
F
Maillauchaud
M C
MC
Magnin
G
G
Vandel
B
B
D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012646:Self Administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires