Consumption of medicines in high-risk pregnancy: evaluation of determinants related to the use of prescription drugs and self-medication

• Main Authors: Danielle Dayse Araújo (Author), Marineide Marinho Leal (Author), Eliane Jucielly Vasconcelos Santos (Author), Leila Bastos Leal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The use of drugs during pregnancy still represents a challenge for medicine, since the majority of drugs cross the placental barrier with a potential to cause several congenital problems to the fetus, and most of them have not been clinically tested in pregnant patients. At the same time, the medica...