Pattern of drug use during the first trimester among Chinese women: data from a population-based cohort study

• Published in: European journal of clinical pharmacology Vol. 66; no. 5; pp. 511 - 518
• Main Authors: Zhu, Xiaoming, Qi, Xiuyu, Hao, Jiahu, Huang, Zhaohui, Zhang, Zhihua, Xing, Xiuya, Cheng, Daijuan, Xiao, Limin, Xu, Yuanyuan, Zhu, Peng, Tao, Fangbiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag 01.05.2010; Springer-Verlag; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Chinese medicine; Cohort Studies; Drug use; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - therapeutic use; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Medicine, Chinese Traditional - utilization; Middle Aged; Pharmacoepidemiology and Prescription; Pharmacology; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Trimester, First; Prescription Drugs - therapeutic use; Questionnaires; Risk factors; China; Pregnancy; Pharmacoepidemiology; Chinese herbal drugs; Chinese traditional medicine; Drug use; Risk factors

Aim To describe the pattern of drug use among Chinese women during the first trimester and to examine the impact of maternal diseases on the choice of drugs. Method This drug utilisation study of pregnant women was performed using data from the ABCD cohort study. A total of 4,290 women were enrolled...