OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine whether women alter their use of asthma medications during pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN: Weekly asthma medication use was determined from prescription claims data in a cohort of 112,171 pregnant women aged 15 to 44 years who were continuously enrolled in the Tennessee Medicaid program prior to their singleton pregnancy and who delivered a singleton birth during 1995 to 2001. Change in asthma medication use was evaluated using generalized estimating equation analyses. RESULTS: Women with asthma significantly (P < or = 0.0005) decreased their asthma medication use from 5 to 13 weeks of pregnancy. During the first trimester, there was a 23% decline in inhaled corticosteroid prescriptions, a 13% decline in short-acting beta-agonist prescriptions, and a 54% decline in rescue corticosteroid prescriptions. CONCLUSIONS: Utilization of all categories of asthma medications decreased in early pregnancy, with the largest declines occurring for inhaled and rescue corticosteroids.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to determine whether women alter their use of asthma medications during pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN: Weekly asthma medication use was determined from prescription claims data in a cohort of 112,171 pregnant women aged 15 to 44 years who were continuously enrolled in the Tennessee Medicaid program prior to their singleton pregnancy and who delivered a singleton birth during 1995 to 2001. Change in asthma medication use was evaluated using generalized estimating equation analyses. RESULTS:Women with asthma significantly (P < or = 0.0005) decreased their asthma medication use from 5 to 13 weeks of pregnancy. During the first trimester, there was a 23% decline in inhaled corticosteroid prescriptions, a 13% decline in short-acting beta-agonist prescriptions, and a 54% decline in rescue corticosteroid prescriptions. CONCLUSIONS: Utilization of all categories of asthma medications decreased in early pregnancy, with the largest declines occurring for inhaled and rescue corticosteroids.
Authors: Carol Louik; Michael Schatz; Sonia Hernández-Díaz; Martha M Werler; Allen A Mitchell Journal: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol Date: 2010-08 Impact factor: 6.347
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Authors: Maria Popa; Gheorghe Peltecu; Nicolae Gica; Anca Marina Ciobanu; Radu Botezatu; Corina Gica; Alexandru Steriade; Anca Maria Panaitescu Journal: Maedica (Bucur) Date: 2021-03