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. 2000 Nov 18;356(9243):1735-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)03209-8.

Prescription of drugs during pregnancy in France

I Lacroix, C Damase-Michel, M Lapeyre-Mestre, J L Montastruc

Prescription of drugs during pregnancy in France

I Lacroix et al. Lancet. .

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.

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  • Good and bad drug prescription in pregnancy.
    Haramburu F, Miremont-Salamé G, Moore N. Haramburu F, et al. Lancet. 2000 Nov 18;356(9243):1704. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)03202-5. Lancet. 2000. PMID: 11095256 No abstract available.
  • Drug use during pregnancy.
    Czeizel AE. Czeizel AE. Lancet. 2001 Mar 10;357(9258):800. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04159-3. Lancet. 2001. PMID: 11253988 No abstract available.
  • Drug use during pregnancy.
    Addis A, Magrini N, Mastroiacovo P. Addis A, et al. Lancet. 2001 Mar 10;357(9258):800. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)71221-6. Lancet. 2001. PMID: 11253989 No abstract available.

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