Analysis reveals increasing medication use during pregnancy in Japan, suggesting the need for better safety evaluations.
A significant proportion of medications commonly dispensed during pregnancy in Japan have inadequate teratogenic safety evidence. Several medication classes showed increasing utilization trends over the study period, emphasizing the urgent need for targeted safety evaluations in the Japanese population.
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