USE OF ANTIPYRETICS AND ANALGESICS DURING PREGNANCY: RESULTS OF THE FIRST ALL-RUSSIAN PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY «EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DRUG USE IN PREGNANT WOMEN»


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The paper deals with the safe use of antipyretics/analgesics in pregnant women. It analyzes physicians’ prescriptions of these drugs to pregnant women with fever and acute pain, which have been obtained during the multicenter study «Epidemiology of drug use in pregnant women». It has been found that the physicians prescribe 29 different drugs, some of them produce no analgesic effect; a range of medications prescribed by physicians is not recommended for use in pregnancy. Overall, the prescription of antipyretics/analgesics by therapists is more rational than that by obstetricians, gynecologists, and physicians of other specialties. However, all physicians are unfamiliar with the safety of drugs in relation to the trimester of pregnancy.

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O. N TKACHEVA

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia

A. Yu BEVZ

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia

E. A USHKALOVA

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia

Email: eushk@yandex.ru

N. A CHUKHAREVA

Academician V.I. Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia

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