PharmaSafe in Newcastle

PharmaSafe researchers Sarah Hjorth Andersen, Elin Thuy Phuong Ngo, Bich Thy Ha Truong, Angela Lupattelli, Lene Maria Sundbakk and Hedvig Nordeng attended the 3rd Joint Meeting of the European Network of Teratology Information Services (ENTIS) and Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS) and the Education Course "Prescribing in pregnancy - from science to clinical practice" in Newcastle in September 2018.

PharmaSafe contributed with two oral presentations:

Angela: Time-dependent effects of benzodiazepine and z-hypnotic exposure in pregnancy on developmental outcomes in preschool-age children

Lene: Does prenatal exposure to benzodiazepines or z-hypnotics increase the risk of behavioral problems at 5 years?

We also had 5 posters:

Sarah: How do we measure neurodevelopment in medication safety studies? – a systematic literature review on psychotropics and analgesics

Elin: Use of a mobile application to promote better treatment of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy

Bich: Medication counseling in early pregnancy - results of the SafeStart pilot study

Angela: The association between antidepressant treatment in pregnancy and self-report of postnatal depressive symptoms using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

Hedvig: Which medications can breast milk donors use? - An update of National Milk Bank Guidelines