Modeling exposures of medications used episodically during pregnancy: Triptans as a motivating example.
Gerd-Marie Eskerud HarrisMollie E WoodHedvig Marie Egeland NordengPublished in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2020)
Using dispensed prescriptions rather than self-report to classify exposure to triptans during pregnancy is likely to result in substantial under-estimation of exposure. In this study, traditional definitions of ever-exposed vs never-exposed failed to capture variations in drug utilization during pregnancy.