Medication use in early pregnancy: a study in a teaching hospital in Western Nepal

Chayna Sarkar; Biswadeep Das; Adrija Datta; Sangeeta Bohra

doi:10.1258/004947507779951862

Medication use in early pregnancy: a study in a teaching hospital in Western Nepal

Trop Doct. 2007 Jan;37(1):61-2. doi: 10.1258/004947507779951862.

Authors

Chayna Sarkar¹, Biswadeep Das, Adrija Datta, Sangeeta Bohra

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, PO Box 155, Deep Heights, Pokhara, Nepal.

PMID: 17326901
DOI: 10.1258/004947507779951862

Abstract

This study explored the extent of drug use in early pregnancy (first trimester of pregnancy) in Nepalese women in the setting of a large teaching hospital in western Nepal.

MeSH terms

Drug Utilization Review*
Female
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
Nepal
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / drug therapy*
Pregnancy Trimester, First
Prenatal Care