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The use, perceptions and knowledge of safety of over-the-counter medications during pregnancy in a Canadian population
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of prenatal over-the-counter medication use in Canadian women is unknown. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of prenatal over-the-counter medication use and safety knowledge was conducted among pregnant and post-partum women attending an academic hospital obstetrics clinic....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10521281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37750453 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17455057231199394 |
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author | Casey, E Velez, MP Gaudet, L Brogly, SB |
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description | BACKGROUND: The prevalence of prenatal over-the-counter medication use in Canadian women is unknown. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of prenatal over-the-counter medication use and safety knowledge was conducted among pregnant and post-partum women attending an academic hospital obstetrics clinic. RESULTS: Seventy-two women participated; 90.3% were Caucasian, 69.4% had a college/university degree, and 61.1% lived in an urban area. Of the 72 women, 87.5% used over-the-counter medications prenatally, first (55.6%), second (65.3%), and third (47.2%) trimesters, with prenatal acetaminophen use most common (72.2%). Women who used over-the-counter medications 1–0onths before conception were more likely to use over-the-counter medications during pregnancy, and 18% of women initiated over-the-counter medications in pregnancy. Women self-reported a medium level of over-the-counter medication safety knowledge (73.6%) and responded that not all over-the-counter medications are safe during pregnancy (95.8%). CONCLUSION: Despite limited safety profiles of some over-the-counter medications, pre-conception and prenatal over-the-counter medication use was high. Further research on the risk of over-the-counter medications and combinations in pregnancy is needed to help women to make safe choices during pregnancy. |
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spelling | pubmed-105212812023-09-27 The use, perceptions and knowledge of safety of over-the-counter medications during pregnancy in a Canadian population Casey, E Velez, MP Gaudet, L Brogly, SB Womens Health (Lond) Substance Use and Pregnancy BACKGROUND: The prevalence of prenatal over-the-counter medication use in Canadian women is unknown. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of prenatal over-the-counter medication use and safety knowledge was conducted among pregnant and post-partum women attending an academic hospital obstetrics clinic. RESULTS: Seventy-two women participated; 90.3% were Caucasian, 69.4% had a college/university degree, and 61.1% lived in an urban area. Of the 72 women, 87.5% used over-the-counter medications prenatally, first (55.6%), second (65.3%), and third (47.2%) trimesters, with prenatal acetaminophen use most common (72.2%). Women who used over-the-counter medications 1–0onths before conception were more likely to use over-the-counter medications during pregnancy, and 18% of women initiated over-the-counter medications in pregnancy. Women self-reported a medium level of over-the-counter medication safety knowledge (73.6%) and responded that not all over-the-counter medications are safe during pregnancy (95.8%). CONCLUSION: Despite limited safety profiles of some over-the-counter medications, pre-conception and prenatal over-the-counter medication use was high. Further research on the risk of over-the-counter medications and combinations in pregnancy is needed to help women to make safe choices during pregnancy. SAGE Publications 2023-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10521281/ /pubmed/37750453 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17455057231199394 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Substance Use and Pregnancy Casey, E Velez, MP Gaudet, L Brogly, SB The use, perceptions and knowledge of safety of over-the-counter medications during pregnancy in a Canadian population |
title | The use, perceptions and knowledge of safety of over-the-counter medications during pregnancy in a Canadian population |
title_full | The use, perceptions and knowledge of safety of over-the-counter medications during pregnancy in a Canadian population |
title_fullStr | The use, perceptions and knowledge of safety of over-the-counter medications during pregnancy in a Canadian population |
title_full_unstemmed | The use, perceptions and knowledge of safety of over-the-counter medications during pregnancy in a Canadian population |
title_short | The use, perceptions and knowledge of safety of over-the-counter medications during pregnancy in a Canadian population |
title_sort | use, perceptions and knowledge of safety of over-the-counter medications during pregnancy in a canadian population |
topic | Substance Use and Pregnancy |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10521281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37750453 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17455057231199394 |
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