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Use of Nonprescription and Prescription Drugs and Drug Information Sources among Breastfeeding Women in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study
Breastfeeding women may experience various health issues that require medication. This survey aimed to gain insights into the use of nonprescription and prescription drugs by breastfeeding women in Japan. A cross-sectional study involving women with children aged under two years was conducted in Fuk...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517648/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141994 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811722 |
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author | Fujii, Yukiko Hirokawa, Keiko Kobuke, Yuko Kubota, Toshio Yoshitake, Taketo Haraguchi, Koichi Honda, Yukiko Kobayashi, Hatasu Harada, Kouji H. |
author_facet | Fujii, Yukiko Hirokawa, Keiko Kobuke, Yuko Kubota, Toshio Yoshitake, Taketo Haraguchi, Koichi Honda, Yukiko Kobayashi, Hatasu Harada, Kouji H. |
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description | Breastfeeding women may experience various health issues that require medication. This survey aimed to gain insights into the use of nonprescription and prescription drugs by breastfeeding women in Japan. A cross-sectional study involving women with children aged under two years was conducted in Fukuoka, Japan. Nonprescription drugs were used by 26% of participants in the breastfed-only group, 41% in the breastfed more than half the time group, 55% in the formula-fed more than half the time group, and 82% in the formula-fed-only group. We found that when breastfeeding rates decreased, the use of nonprescription drugs increased (p < 0.05, Cochran–Armitage test for trend). There were significant differences in the use of nonprescription cold medicines and oral analgesics between the formula-fed and breastfed groups, but a nonsignificant difference in prescription drugs use between the groups. These results indicated breastfeeding had a significant influence on use of nonprescription drugs, which was not observed with prescription drugs. Breastfeeding women commonly used the Internet to obtain information on both nonprescription and prescription drugs; however, this did not influence medication use. |
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spelling | pubmed-95176482022-09-29 Use of Nonprescription and Prescription Drugs and Drug Information Sources among Breastfeeding Women in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study Fujii, Yukiko Hirokawa, Keiko Kobuke, Yuko Kubota, Toshio Yoshitake, Taketo Haraguchi, Koichi Honda, Yukiko Kobayashi, Hatasu Harada, Kouji H. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Breastfeeding women may experience various health issues that require medication. This survey aimed to gain insights into the use of nonprescription and prescription drugs by breastfeeding women in Japan. A cross-sectional study involving women with children aged under two years was conducted in Fukuoka, Japan. Nonprescription drugs were used by 26% of participants in the breastfed-only group, 41% in the breastfed more than half the time group, 55% in the formula-fed more than half the time group, and 82% in the formula-fed-only group. We found that when breastfeeding rates decreased, the use of nonprescription drugs increased (p < 0.05, Cochran–Armitage test for trend). There were significant differences in the use of nonprescription cold medicines and oral analgesics between the formula-fed and breastfed groups, but a nonsignificant difference in prescription drugs use between the groups. These results indicated breastfeeding had a significant influence on use of nonprescription drugs, which was not observed with prescription drugs. Breastfeeding women commonly used the Internet to obtain information on both nonprescription and prescription drugs; however, this did not influence medication use. MDPI 2022-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9517648/ /pubmed/36141994 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811722 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Fujii, Yukiko Hirokawa, Keiko Kobuke, Yuko Kubota, Toshio Yoshitake, Taketo Haraguchi, Koichi Honda, Yukiko Kobayashi, Hatasu Harada, Kouji H. Use of Nonprescription and Prescription Drugs and Drug Information Sources among Breastfeeding Women in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title | Use of Nonprescription and Prescription Drugs and Drug Information Sources among Breastfeeding Women in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full | Use of Nonprescription and Prescription Drugs and Drug Information Sources among Breastfeeding Women in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Use of Nonprescription and Prescription Drugs and Drug Information Sources among Breastfeeding Women in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Use of Nonprescription and Prescription Drugs and Drug Information Sources among Breastfeeding Women in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_short | Use of Nonprescription and Prescription Drugs and Drug Information Sources among Breastfeeding Women in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_sort | use of nonprescription and prescription drugs and drug information sources among breastfeeding women in japan: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517648/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36141994 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811722 |
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