Trends in prescribing nifedipine and amlodipine to pregnant women after related contraindications were lifted in Japan

Daisuke Kikuchi; Taku Obara; Hiroyuki Suzuki; Taisuke Konno; Kouji Okada; Hitoshi Nakamura; Yuriko Murai

doi:10.1038/s41440-024-01821-5

Trends in prescribing nifedipine and amlodipine to pregnant women after related contraindications were lifted in Japan

Hypertens Res. 2024 Oct;47(10):2971-2973. doi: 10.1038/s41440-024-01821-5. Epub 2024 Aug 2.

Authors

Daisuke Kikuchi^{1

2}, Taku Obara^{3

4

5}, Hiroyuki Suzuki^{6

7}, Taisuke Konno^{6

7}, Kouji Okada^{6

8}, Hitoshi Nakamura⁷, Yuriko Murai^{9

7}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Community Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 981-8558, Japan. [email protected].
² Department of Pharmacy, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital 1-12-1, Fukumuro, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 983-8512, Japan. [email protected].
³ Department of Molecular Epidemiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine 2-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8573, Japan.
⁴ Division of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization 2-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8573, Japan.
⁵ Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan.
⁶ Department of Pharmacy, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital 1-12-1, Fukumuro, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 983-8512, Japan.
⁷ Division of Clinical Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 981-8558, Japan.
⁸ Division of Clinical Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University 1-12-1, Fukumuro, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 983-8512, Japan.
⁹ Division of Community Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 981-8558, Japan.

PMID: 39095481
DOI: 10.1038/s41440-024-01821-5

No abstract available

Keywords: Administrative database; Amlodipine; Antihypertensive drug; Nifedipine; Pregnant women.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Amlodipine* / therapeutic use
Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
Calcium Channel Blockers / therapeutic use
Contraindications, Drug
Female
Humans
Japan
Nifedipine* / therapeutic use
Pregnancy

Substances

Nifedipine
Amlodipine
Calcium Channel Blockers
Antihypertensive Agents