DRUG USE IN PREGNANCY IN ZAGREB

Abstract

An interesting and well-argued article by J. Čulig et al.1 on the use of drugs in pregnancy was published in Liječnički vjesnik. The article was written on the basis of survey data from a total of 859 mothers from four maternity hospitals in Zagreb (KBC Zagreb, KB Sestre milosrdnice, KB Merkur and OB Sv. Duh), and it refers to taking medication from the beginning of pregnancy until delivery. The article ends with a conclusion about the unreasonably high consumption of benzodiazepines, about the possibility of improving the quality of therapy with cardiovascular drugs (hypotensive drugs - atenolol) and about the unnecessary use of metamizole and doxycycline.