Pharmacotherapy and Pregnancy: Highlights from the Third International Conference for Individualized Pharmacotherapy in Pregnancy

David M. Haas, Beverly Gallauresi, Kristine Shields, Deborah S. Zeitlin, Shannon M. Clark, Mary F. Herbert, Zhaoxia Ren, Srikanth C. Nallani, Eric M. Meslin, Karen B. Feibus, Gideon Koren, W. Scott Goebel, Thomas Easterling, Scott C. Denne, David A. Flockhart, Jamie L. Renbarger

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    Abstract

    To address provider struggles to provide evidence-based, rational drug therapy to pregnant women, this third Conference was convened to highlight the current progress and research in the field. Speakers from academic centers, industry, and governmental institutions spoke about: the Food and Drug Administration’s role in pregnancy pharmacology and the new labeling initiative; drug registries in pregnancy; the pharmacist’s role in medication use in pregnancy; therapeutic areas such as preterm labor, gestational diabetes, nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, and hypertension; breast-feeding and medications; ethical challenges for consent in pregnancy drug studies; the potential for cord blood banks; and concerns about the fetus when studying drugs in pregnancy. The Conference highlighted several areas of collaboration within the current Obstetrics Pharmacology Research Units Network and hoped to educate providers, researchers, and agencies with the common goal to improve the ability to safely and effectively use individualized pharmacotherapy in pregnancy.

    Original languageAmerican English
    JournalScholarship and Professional Work – COPHS
    Volume4
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jan 1 2011

    Keywords

    • drug therapy
    • evidence-based practice
    • obstetrics
    • perinatal drug therapy
    • pharmacotherapy
    • pregnant women

    Disciplines

    • Medicine and Health Sciences
    • Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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