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. 2020 Mar 12;20:118. doi: 10.1186/s12888-020-02525-z

Table 2.

Class size and profile of classified medication pattern in reports with psychiatric medications during pregnancy

Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Class sizea 23.3% 17.2% 15.2% 11.1% 11.0% 5.7% 4.5% 3.9% 3.6% 2.6% 2.0%
Number of reports n=2417 n=1789 n=1582 n=1153 n=1143 n=590 n=463 n=404 n=373 n=272 n=203
Hypnotics and sedatives, antianxietics
 Alprazolam 0.8% 13.6% 9.9% 11.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.1% 0.0% 2.5%
 Lorazepam 0.2% 9.0% 3.2% 11.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.8% 0.0% 0.0% 5.9% 27.1%
 Zolpidem tartrate 0.7% 9.8% 1.6% 14.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 15.8%
 Diazepam 0.5% 4.4% 1.4% 11.7% 0.0% 0.5% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5%
Antiepileptics
 Lamotrigine 10.5% 7.2% 5.1% 0.1% 0.0% 45.1% 11.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7% 46.8%
 Levetiracetam 7.3% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 30.3% 61.1% 0.0% 0.3% 2.2% 2.5%
 Clonazepam 1.6% 11.0% 6.1% 11.8% 0.0% 8.3% 11.4% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 48.8%
 Gabapentin 0.0% 18.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 1.0%
 Topiramate 4.3% 9.8% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 58.3% 0.0% 6.7% 0.0% 1.0%
 Divalproex sodium 11.1% 2.4% 1.3% 1.6% 0.0% 0.5% 3.9% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 2.0%
 Carbamazepine 2.5% 1.2% 0.0% 5.5% 0.0% 30.5% 7.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 1.5%
 Valproate sodium 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 6.7% 0.0% 23.2% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
 Vigabatrin 4.9% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 19.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Antidepressant
 Paroxetine hydrochloride 0.0% 4.9% 8.2% 18.9% 100.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 4.6% 0.0% 0.0%
 Sertraline hydrochloride 9.9% 9.9% 14.6% 4.0% 0.0% 0.2% 1.5% 0.0% 99.7% 0.4% 21.2%
 Duloxetine hydrochloride 12.9% 9.1% 11.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 19.2%
 Fluoxetine hydrochloride 0.0% 14.3% 12.4% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0% 1.0%
 Escitalopram oxalate 3.8% 9.4% 8.5% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 13.7% 0.0% 6.4%
 Venlafaxine hydrochloride 1.3% 11.9% 4.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0% 1.6% 0.0% 8.4%
 Bupropion hydrochloride 0.0% 9.2% 4.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.4% 0.4% 13.3%
 Trazodone hydrochloride 0.0% 9.7% 2.7% 1.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.7% 9.4%
Antipsychotic agent
 Aripiprazole 0.0% 3.6% 23.6% 1.1% 0.0% 2.2% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 96.1%
 Risperidone 2.9% 1.0% 5.1% 10.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.7% 24.6%
 Olanzapine 5.1% 1.5% 5.2% 4.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 4.4%
 Quetiapine fumarate 0.9% 3.8% 4.0% 7.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 22.7%
Other drugs
 Vitamins 0.0% 25.3% 5.8% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7% 15.8% 0.0% 45.6% 0.0% 7.4%
 Folic acid 0.0% 9.7% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 26.6% 13.2% 0.0% 5.1% 0.4% 3.0%
 Paracetamol 0.0% 17.6% 0.3% 3.3% 0.0% 1.9% 0.9% 0.0% 13.4% 0.0% 0.5%
 Oxybate sodium 0.0% 19.4% 2.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 1.0%
 Ibuprofen 0.0% 14.5% 0.3% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 10.2% 0.4% 0.0%
 Colecalciferol 0.0% 14.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.2% 0.0% 5.1% 0.0% 1.0%
 Ondansetron hydrochloride 0.0% 11.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 9.9% 0.4% 13.3%
 Levothyroxine sodium 0.0% 9.4% 0.6% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 2.6% 0.0% 4.0% 0.0% 5.4%
 Prednisone 0.0% 10.6% 0.0% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 2.8% 0.0% 3.2% 0.4% 0.0%
 Acetaminophen/hydrocodone bitartrate 0.0% 11.7% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 1.1% 0.4% 0.0%
Number of exposed drugs
 1 98.8% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 88.3% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 12.5% 0.0%
 2 1.2% 0.0% 51.8% 0.2% 7.4% 60.2% 14.0% 0.0% 5.1% 27.2% 0.0%
 3 0.0% 0.0% 34.8% 8.7% 4.3% 28.3% 27.4% 0.0% 8.3% 27.2% 0.0%
 4≤ 0.0% 100.0% 13.2% 91.2% 0.0% 11.5% 58.5% 0.0% 86.6% 33.1% 100.0%

aThe percentage of class size was calculated using total number of reports including JADER and FAERS-US

The percentage of each medication was calculated using number of reports (small n) for each class as denominator