ArticleClinical epidemiology2011
Drug use during pregnancy in Sweden - assessed by the Prescribed Drug Register and the Medical Birth Register.
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- Exposed or not exposed? Exploring exposure classification in studies using administrative data to investigate outcomes following medication use during pregnancy.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2012Pooled it
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- Medication use from conception to the first antenatal appointment: agreement between maternal self-report to midwife and prescribing records in Northern Ireland in 2011-2016.International journal of population data science · 2025Article
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- Use of medication in pregnancy on the rise: Study on 1.4 million Danish pregnancies from 1998 to 2018.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2024Article
- Specific Birth Defects Following Antiseizure Medications Used By Pregnant Women With Epilepsy.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2024Article
- Antibiotic use during pregnancy in Sweden: A nationwide utilization study covering 2007-2019.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2024Article
- Prenatal exposure to antiseizure medications and fetal growth: a population-based cohort study from the Nordic countries.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this research is to study drug use during pregnancy in Sweden and agreement between use according to antenatal medical records and dispensed drugs from a pharmacy database. PATIENTS AND
methodsFrom the Swedish Medical Birth Register (MBR), we established a population-based cohort of 102,995 women who gave birth in 2007. Using the unique personal registration number, information on dispensed drugs from the Prescribed Drug Register (PDR) was obtained prior to, during, and after the pregnancies and compared with MBR information on drug use from standardized antenatal medical records.
resultsAccording to the PDR, 57.6% of the 102,995 women filled a prescription with at least one drug during pregnancy and 50.9% during the lactating period (until 3 months after delivery). The most dispensed drugs during pregnancy were B-lactam antibacterials and penicillins. Agreement between drugs recorded in antenatal medical records and dispensed drugs was highest for drugs used for chronic conditions. The agreement was particularly high for thyroid therapy (85.3%), anti-intestinal inflammatory drugs (80.3%), antiepileptics (69.2%), immunosuppressants (67.4%), and insulin (63.8%). Agreement for drugs used for occasional use was generally lower, ranging between 42.5% for antihistamines and 0.8% for gynecological anti-infectives.
conclusionsA large proportion of women filled a prescription during pregnancy or the lactating period. Agreement between drug use in medical antenatal records and register information from a national pharmacy database was high for drugs used for chronic conditions but low for occasional use. For occasionally used drugs, medical record and register-based data may provide incomplete exposure information because of nonreporting or noncompliance.
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