2020 Volume 25 Issue 2 Pages 121-128
Anxiety about the use of drugs during pregnancy and lactation may be choose interruption not only treatment but also pregnancy and lactation. However, there are many women who need to continue treatment for basic disease. In addition, drug treatment may be necessary for treatment during pregnancy and lactation. In that case, it is necessary to evaluate the drug according to the number of weeks of pregnancy and the nursing situation and counseling. In our hospital, specialist pharmacist and obstetrician and gynecologist provide to drug consultation for pregnant women and nursing women. We analyzed 190 outpatients in medicine consultation from February 2015 to December 2018. As a change after counseling, in the pre-use consultation, the necessary drug was selected and started. 21 out of 24 post-use consultations were confirmed wish to continue the pregnancy. In the case of self-interruption, the resumption of the necessary treatment agents was observed in all pregnancy and lactation periods. By listening to anxiety about the use of pregnancy and lactation and explaining the degree of risk to fetuses and infants of drugs correctly and clearly, it is thought that it will lead to self-determination of treatment after consenting.
