Adherence to prescription medication during pregnancy: Do pregnant women use pharmacological treatment as prescribed?

Pregnant women are hypothesized to have low adherence to prescribed medication, because of concerns about harmful effects on the unborn child. However, very little is known about the actual adherence to prescribed medication during pregnancy. We determined to what extent women follow treatment recommendations regarding prescribed medication use in mid‐pregnancy.

• Publication year

  2022

• Venue

  British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

• Publication date

  2022-11-21

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/bcp.15609PMID 36408768
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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