title: Prescription of drugs during pregnancy in France.
abstract: A survey of the records of the French Health Insurance Service of drug prescriptions during pregnancy in 1000 women living in Haute-Garonne, southwest France, showed that 99% of the women received a prescription for at least one drug during pregnancy with a mean of 13.6 medications per woman. 1.6% of women received one or more prescriptions of drugs from the US Food and Drug Administration X category (fetal risk outweighs benefits). 59% of women had a prescription of drugs from the D category (fetal risk but benefits may be acceptable) and 79% of women were exposed to drugs for which information about safety in pregnancy was not available from animal or human studies.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lacroix
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Damase-Michel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lapeyre-Mestre
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Montastruc
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations