ArticlePloS one2020
Patterns of prescription medicine dispensing before and during pregnancy in New Zealand, 2005-2015.
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- Estimating the Prevalence of Prescribed Medication Use in Pregnancy with a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Drug safety · 2026Pooled it
- Global trends in prevalence of maternal overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of routinely collected data retrospective cohorts.International journal of population data science · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of systemic antibacterial use during pregnancy worldwide: A systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Dispensing of Antiemetics During Pregnancy in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2005-2020.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2026Article
- Use of nervous system medications with fetal risk before and during pregnancy in an Argentine social security systemRevista colombiana de obstetricia y ginecologia · 2025Article
- Maternal Demographic Patterns in Medication use During Pregnancy: A Nationwide Register Study.Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology · 2025Article
- Racial Disparities in Medication Use During Pregnancy: Results from the NISAMI Cohort.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Editorial: Safety of drugs and CAM products in pregnancy and breastfeeding: evidence from clinical toxicology.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Liver injury associated with drug intake during pregnancy.World journal of hepatology · 2021Review
- Prevalence and safety of prescription medicine use during pregnancy in the Republic of Suriname in the year 2017: a pharmacoepidemiological analysis.Advances in pharmacoepidemiology & drug safety · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe prescription medicine dispensing before and during pregnancy in New Zealand, 2005-2015.
methodsMembers of the New Zealand Pregnancy Cohort were linked with their dispensing records in a national database of prescription products dispensed from community pharmacies. We identified the proportion of pregnancies during which at least one prescription medicine was dispensed, the number of different medicines used and the most commonly dispensed medicine groups both during pregnancy and in the 270 days before conception. Dispensing during pregnancy was assessed by several maternal characteristics.
results874,884 pregnancies were included. Over the study timeframe, the proportion of pregnancies exposed to a non-supplement prescription medicine increased from 38.5% to 67.2%. The mean number of different non-supplement medicines dispensed during pregnancy increased from 2.5 to 3.2. Dispensing during pregnancy was weakly associated with body mass index, smoking status and ethnicity. Pregnancy exposure was highest for Antibacterials (26.0%), Analgesics (16.7%) and Antinausea & Vertigo Agents (11.0%).
conclusionsFrom 2005-2015, both the proportion of exposed pregnancies and the number of different medicines dispensed to pregnant women in New Zealand increased.
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