Joshi H, Patel S, Patel K, Patel V, Drug Use Pattern during Pregnancy: A Prospective Study at Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, NHL Journal of Medical Sciences/ July 2012/ Vol. 1/Issue 1,14-17.Harsh Joshi, Sejal Patel, Kamlesh Patel, Varsha Patel. Drug Use Pattern during Pregnancy: A ...
The use of drugs during pregnancy is a question of fine balance; no harm should be allowed to be fall on the baby because of the drug, and no harm must come to the mother or baby because a disease is being inadequately treated. Knowledge of the harmful effects of drugs on the foetus ...
Though few studies have been done, methadone use during pregnancy is thought to increase the risk of smaller than normal head size and low birth weight. However, the biggest concern with fetuses exposed to methadone in utero iswithdrawal symptoms after birth. Heroin Heroin use during pregnancy has...
The 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found nearly 8% of pregnant women among the 60,000 respondents overall had used illicit drugs in the past month and some 1% of pregnant women had taken illicit opioids...
even occasional drug use—drugs were only administered on three days during pregnancy in mouse experiments—resulted in abnormal blood glucose levels in the offspring, even in adulthood. In mice, female offspring were more severely affected, an observation mirroring gender differences reported in people...
during pregnancy.MethodsA cohort of epileptic pregnant women was identified within the Quebec Pregnancy Registry and was divided into three groups based on maternal AED use during pregnancy: AED monotherapy, AED polytherapy and no AED use.ResultsOf the 349 pregnancies meeting eligibility criteria, ...
Risk classification for drug use during pregnancy Iranian Journal of Reproductive MedicineJafarzadeh, F.Peymani, P.Bagheri Lankarani, K.
messagesabouteffectsofdruguseduringpregnancy. KeywordsIllicitdrugsÁPrenatalcareÁ PregnantwomenÁConsumerinvolvement Introduction Pregnantwomenwhousedrugsareover-represented amongwomenwhoreceivelate,limited,andnoprenatal care[1–5].Similartopregnantwomeningeneral[6], ...
When women take the common diabetes medication metformin during pregnancy, it may put their children at increased risk of having obesity or overweight.
Prescription drug use during pregnancy and risk of childhood cancer – Is there an association? A. Bonaventurea,b, J. Simpsonb, P. Ansellb, E. Romanb, T. Lightfootb,* aEnvironmental Epidemiology of Cancer, CESP, U1018, Inserm, Villejuif, France bEpidemiology & Cancer Statistics Group...