Drug prescriptions in French pregnant women between 2015 and 2016: A study in the EGB database

To describe drug prescriptions in pregnant women France and to identify teratogenic fetotoxic prescriptions. This study was carried out using data from Échantillon Généraliste des Bénéficiaires (EGB), a French national health database which includes 1/97th of the population. Our population included all women, aged 10 60, who were registered EGB had pregnancy outcome between 2015 2016. Drugs prescribed dispensed during 3 months before, collected described for each year according trimesters. Prescriptions major teratogen or drugs described. We identified 18,279 pregnancies. Among them, 93% received dispensations with an average 7.4 ± 5.5 different drugs. “Alimentary tract metabolism (75.4%)”, “nervous system (64.0%)” “blood blood forming organs (58.7%)” classes most frequently women. The 5 paracetamol (60.6%), iron (49.2%), folic acid (45.6%), phloroglucinol (44.0%) colecalciferol (41.4%). commonly some that have not yet been well evaluated pregnancy. drugs, as Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory retinoids observed. Valproic become extremely rare. descriptive demonstrates numerous are France. These include proven effect many