Prescribing of valproate and oral antiepileptics for women of childbearing age and during pregnancy in Germany between 2010 and 2020.

Katrin Scholz Ingrid Köster Ingo Meyer Gisbert W Selke Ingrid Schubert

Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2023)

Even if, due to the descriptive nature of the study, no causal relationship can be postulated between the RMMs and the strong decrease in valproate prescriptions, our results are compatible with the hypothesis that the measures have improved drug therapy safety.

Keyphrases

primary care
polycystic ovary syndrome
adverse drug
cross sectional
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
breast cancer risk
smoking cessation
electronic health record