Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
· ISSN (print) 1053-8569
· 9 papers in corpus
observational
2026
PURPOSE: While having a chronic medical disease (CMD) increases use of analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs, sufficient knowledge regarding patterns of use during pregnancy is lacking. We aimed to describe ibuprofen use before and in earl…
review
2025
One of the key challenges in pharmacoepidemiological studies is that of uncontrolled confounding, which occurs when confounders are poorly measured, unmeasured or unknown. Self-controlled designs can help address this issue, as their key co…
observational
2025
PURPOSE: Japanese traditional (Kampo) medicines containing ephedra are used to relieve symptoms of the common cold during pregnancy. The risks associated with perinatal outcomes, however, remain unclear. Thus, we evaluated the risk of adver…
other
2023
BACKGROUND: Patients use social media forums to discuss their medical history and healthcare experiences, providing early insight into real-world patient experiences. We analyzed COVID-19 patient experiences from Reddit social media posts. …
observational
2021
BACKGROUND: Women with endometriosis are prescribed opioids for pain relief but may be vulnerable to chronic opioid use given their comorbidity profile. METHODS: A cohort study was conducted in the Clinformatics™ DataMart database between …
observational
2021
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of adenomyosis is underestimated due to lack of a specific diagnostic code and diagnostic delays given most diagnoses occur at hysterectomy. OBJECTIVES: To identify women with adenomyosis using indicators derived…
observational
2016
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to characterize the patterns of medication intake in healthy, reproductive-age women not using hormonal contraception. METHODS: Two hundered fifty-nine healthy, premenopausal women (18-44 years of age)…
other
2015
OBJECTIVE: Compare incidence of opioid-managed pelvic pain within 12 months after hysteroscopic and laparoscopic sterilization. METHODS: Using administrative claims, we identified women aged 18-49 years without recent history of childbirth…
other
1996
To evaluate the understandability and the validity of information included in package inserts of the 20 main oral contraceptive (OC) preparations sold in Italy, we systematically tabulated the indications, contraindications and side-effects…