Anuradhaa Subramanian, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Astha Anand, Katherine Phillips, Siang Ing Lee, Neil Cockburn, Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Christine Damase-Michel, Christopher Yau, Colin McCowan, Dermot O'Reilly, Gillian Santorelli, Holly Hope, Jonathan I Kennedy, Kathryn M Abel, Kelly-Ann Eastwood, Louise Locock, Mairead Black, Maria Loane, Ngawai Moss, Rachel Plachcinski, Shakila Thangaratinam, Sinead Brophy, Utkarsh Agrawal, Zoe Vowles, Peter Brocklehurst, Helen Dolk, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar
BACKGROUND: The number of medications prescribed during pregnancy has increased over the past few decades. Few studies have described the prevalence of multiple medication use among pregnant women. This study aims to describe the overall prevalence over the last two decades among all pregnant women and those with multimorbidity and to identify risk factors for polypharmacy in pregnancy. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted between 2000 and 2019 using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) pregnancy register...
January 16, 2023: BMC Medicine