Pregnancy registries

Merck maintains a registry to monitor the pregnancy outcomes of pregnant women exposed to montelukast. Health care providers are encouraged to report any prenatal exposure to montelukast by calling the Pregnancy Registry at (800) 986-8999. 

Antiretroviral pregnancy registry-To monitor maternal-fetal outcomes of pregnant women exposed to amprenavir, an Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry has been established. Physicians are encouraged to register patients by... 

Antiretroviral pregnancy registry- Physicians are encouraged to register patients by calling (800) 258-4263. 

If pregnancy occurs in a patient or partner of a patient during treatment or during the 6 months after treatment cessation, such cases should be reported to the ribavirin tablet Pregnancy Registry at (800) 526-6367. 

Pregnancy Registries Strengths, Weaknesses, and Bias Interpretation of Pregnancy Registry Data... 

Andrews EB, Yankaskas BC, Cordero JF, Schoeffler K, Hampp S. Acyclovir in pregnancy registry six years experience. The Acyclovir in Pregnancy Registry Advisory Committee. Obstet Gynecol 1992 79(1) 7-13. 

Armenti VT, Ahlswede BA, Moritz MJ, Jarrell BE. National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry analysis of pregnancy outcomes of female kidney recipients with relation to time interval from transplant to conception. Transplant Proc 1993 25(1 Pt 2) 1036-7. 

Armenti VT, Ahlswede KM, Ahlswede BA, Jarrell BE, Moritz MJ, Burke JF. National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry—outcomes of 154 pregnancies in cyclosporine-treated female kidney transplant recipients. Transplantation 1994 57(4) 502-6. 

Pregnancy Registry—outcomes of 154 pregnancies in cyclosporine-treated female kidney transplant recipients. Transplantation 1994 57(4) 502-6. 

Tennis P, Eldridge R. Six-year interim results of the lamotrigine pregnancy registry. Epilepsia 1999 40(Suppl 2) 196. 

Continued surveillance in the USA (data collected through the Vaccine in Pregnancy Registry) has not shown evidence that RA 27/3 rubella vaccine, administered during pregnancy, can cause the congenital rubella syndrome (136). 

In the National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry, there was no evidence of an increased incidence of congenital malformations among 25 infants born after 27 pregnancies in tacrohmus-treated hver transplant patients (99). 

Pregnancy Registry UCSF On-line http //arvdb.ucsf.edu... 

A possible solution might be to follow the example of the National Vaccine Injury Act of October 1988, where a trust fund was set up derived from an excise tax imposed on each vaccine. The funds, through an arbitration panel, are used to compensate persons injured by vaccination. It should be noted that a Drugs in Pregnancy Registry has been set up to follow up early embryonic exposure to the anticonvulsants and antiviral drugs... 

Pregnancy registries (or, more properly, pregnancy follow-up studies) are being recommended with increasing frequencies for products that are likely... 

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