On Medication Safety of Pregnant Women
- VernacularTitle:妊娠期妇女用药安全性探讨
- Author:
Xiaoping HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pregnant woman;
Drugs;
Safety;
Package inserts of drugs
- From:
China Pharmacy
2007;0(35):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To discuss the medication safety of pregnant women.METHODS:The package inserts of drugs used for the pregnant women in our hospital was compared with the reference books and China Pharmacopeia-Clinical Medication Notice in respect of the indications and medication safety and so on.RESULTS:The relative contents in are not unified in the above 3 documents.The indications defined in reference books cover a wider range than those in drug package inserts and China Pharmacopeia-Clinical Medication Notice,and the condition about contraindication in pregnancy in China Pharmacopeia-Clinical Medication Notice is looser than in drug package inserts.Drugs which fall out of the scope of indications or contraindicated were used in pregnant women.The drug manufacturing enterprises had confined the medication indications for pregnant women to evade risks.CONCLUSIONS:There are hidden risks for the medication of pregnant women. The concerned government departments ought to unify the medication for pregnant women so as to ensure their medication safety and rational drug use.
