During the last 30 years, prescription drug usage during the first trimester of pregnancy has increased by over 60%, raising new safety concerns. “We seem to have forgotten as a society that drugs pose risks,” says Dr. Allen A. Mitchell, professor of epidemiology and pediatrics at Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine. “Many
During the last 30 years, prescription drug usage during the first trimester of pregnancy has increased by over 60%, raising new safety concerns. “We seem to have forgotten as a society that drugs pose risks,” says Dr. Allen A. Mitchell, professor of epidemiology and pediatrics at Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine. “Many over-the-counter drugs were grandfathered in with no studies of their possible effects during pregnancy.”
The New York Times, 2/26/2013
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