1. Prevalence, Trends, and Patterns of Use of Antidiabetic Medications Among Pregnant Women, 2001-2007.
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Lawrence, Jean M., Andrade, Susan E., Avalos, Lyndsay A., Beaton, Sarah J., Chiu, Vicki Y., Davis, Robert L., Dublin, Sascha, Pawloski, Pamala A., Raebel, Marsha A., Smith, David H., Toh, Sengwee, Wang, Jean Q., Kaplan, Sigal, Amini, Thushi, Hampp, Christian, Hammad, Tarek A., Scott, Pamela E., and Cheetham, T. Craig
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HYPOGLYCEMIC agents , *PREGNANT women , *HYPERGLYCEMIA , *INSULIN resistance , *PREGNANCY , *GESTATIONAL diabetes - Abstract
The article discusses the results of a study that examines the use of antidiabetic medicines by pregnant women to treat hyperglycemia and insulin resistance from 2001-2007. The study shows an increased in the use of antidiabetic drugs before pregnancy from 0.66 percent of deliveries to 1.66 percent of deliveries. It concludes that the increased in the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus and type 1 and type 2 diabetes contributed to the increase in the use of antidiabetic medications.
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- 2013
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