Chinese Journal of Pharmacovigilance ›› 2020, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (8): 518-522.
DOI: 10.19803/j.1672-8629.2020.08.14

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Prescriptions for Pregnant Outpatients

YI Dan, ZHANG Juan, HUANG Li*   

  1. Central Hospital of Zhuzhou; Zhuzhou Hunan 412007, China
  • Received:2020-07-31 Revised:2020-07-31 Online:2020-08-15 Published:2020-07-31

Abstract: Objective To investigate the prescriptions for pregnant outpatients in order to provide information for pharmacists to improve drug consultation data and standardize the drug consultation for pregnant women. Methods Patients who delivered in June 2018 were selected, whose use of drugs between the last menstrual period and the pre-hospital delivery was analyzed. Results Totally 279 pregnant outpatients were selected involving 968 prescriptions and 156 types of drugs. The main types of drugs used were vitamin and mineral drugs(37.0%), anaemic drugs(20.7%) and traditional Chinese medicine(10.7%). There were 99 off-label prescriptions(10.2%). Twenty-four types of drugs were contraindications during pregnancy in the labels, fourteen of which were prescribed without good reasons. Conclusion Pharmacists need to improve the instructions on medicines commonly used during pregnancy or for patients with common diseases, safety data sheets of Chinese patent medicines during pregnancy, evidence-based evaluation of off-label drugs and specific comments on medication prescriptions during pregnancy in order to ensure safe and rational medication.

Key words: pregnant, prescriptions, drug consultation, rational drug use

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