Prescription, over-the-counter, and herbal medicine use in a rural, obstetric population

Glover, Douglas D.; Amonkar, Mayur M.; Rybeck, Blanche; Tracy, Timothy S.

doi:10.1067/mob.2003.223

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“…Earlier also, in a study from USA, OTC medications (e.g., ibuprofen) that are contraindicated in pregnancy, were used at unexpectedly high rates during pregnancy. [24] In a similar study on general public, according to 36, 19 and 5% of the respondents, the use of common OTC drugs during pregnancy represents a small risk, a great risk and completely risk-less picture, respectively. [25] In an epidemiological study, NSAID use during conception or during pregnancy in 5% women, was associated with an 80% increased risk of miscarriage.…”

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Drug utilization pattern during pregnancy in North India

Sharma¹,

Kapoor²,

Verma³

2006

Indian J Med Sci

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BACKGROUND: Pregnancy is a special physiological condition, where drug treatment presents a special concern. AIMS: To evaluate the drug utilization pattern during pregnancy and to evaluate the effect of the educational and economic status on it.. DESIGN: The retrospective cross-sectional study. SETTING: The postgraduate Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics of a medical college. and the antenatal clinic of the institution. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Medical students filled 405 questionnaires after interviewing pregnant women (243 primigravida and 152 multigravida). All the collected questionnaires were analysed for various study parameters. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Inter-group comparison was done using chi-square test. P value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: A total of 700, 1086 and 686 drugs, with an average of 1.73, 2.89 and 2.49 drugs per pregnant women, were used during first, second and third trimester of pregnancy, respectively. A majority of the drugs used, were from category-A, followed by category-B and category-D. However, category C and X drugs constituted 2.90 (20) and 5.71% (40) of drugs used during the third trimester and first trimester, respectively. Herbal/ homeopathic drugs constituted 6.42 (45), 3.68 (40) and 1.46% (10) of the drugs used in the first, second and third trimester of pregnancy, respectively (P=649). 33.33% (135) women believed that drug use during pregnancy is dangerous to both mother and child and 37.03% (150) believed that drugs are dangerous throughout pregnancy. 55.55% (225) females advocated the use of iron/folic acid during pregnancy. 24.69% (100) of women had knowledge about barrier contraceptives. Self-medication and homeopathic/ herbal drugs use was found more in graduates than in undergraduates; as well as, it was more in the higher socioeconomic group than the lower socioeconomic group. CONCLUSION: There is a need to educate and counsel women of child-bearing age, regarding the advantages and disadvantages of drug use during pregnancies, with special reference to alternative therapies and self-medication.

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Drug utilization pattern during pregnancy in North India

Sharma¹,

Kapoor²,

Verma³

2006

Indian J Med Sci

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“…ibuprofen) that are contraindicated in pregnancy were used at unexpectedly high rate during pregnancy. 13 The other studies available have also shown high consumption of OTC drugs in pregnant mothers which may produce deleterious effect on fetus. 14,15 During pregnancy utilization of OTC and herbal drugs was common.…”

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A study to assess awareness amongst pregnant women about the effects of drugs on the fetus and self-medication

Banzal

Saxena

Dalal

et al. 2017

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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Background: The present study was conducted with an objective to assess the awareness of drug use in pregnancy, to assess the knowledge of pregnant women on effect of drugs on foetus and to assess the self-medication among pregnant women.Methods: This was a prospective, observational, cross-sectional study conducted on randomly selected 200 pregnant women attending a tertiary care hospital in Surat, Gujarat, India. Data was collected by means of a pre-designed semi-structured questionnaire composed of 26 questions on self-medication during pregnancy and knowledge about that. The data was collected by interview technique in which each participant was asked questions in the language of her understanding in a separate room.Results: The average age of the participants was 23.7±3.68 years. About 91% were not aware about the effect of medication on the health of foetus and did not even enquire about it. At the time of survey, 74% pregnant women were on some kind of medication. More than 80% were not aware about the duration of medication. About 51% were taking medication on regular basis. The proportion of self-medication among pregnant women was 8.5% (includes 5.5% by themselves and 3% by advice of chemists).Conclusions: There is a lack of awareness amongst the pregnant women regarding the effect of the drugs on the health of foetus. More than half of the women take medication on regular basis. However, low proportion of self-medication during pregnancy suggests that during pregnancy women preferred to take advise of physician for medication rather than taking self-medication.

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“…Так, опубликованные международ-ные исследования показывают, что лекарственные средства получают более 75% беременных женщин [15,16,17]. Наиболее часто используемыми рецеп-турными препаратами при беременности, по дан-ным Mitchell A.A. (2011), являются: левотироксин, прогестерон и амоксицилин [18].…”

Section: акушерство и гинекология / Obstetrics and Gynecologyunclassified