The New York Times (6/3, Bakalar) reports, “Women who take benzodiazepines…before becoming pregnant may be at increased risk for ectopic pregnancy,” researchers concluded after using “an insurance database of 1,691,366 pregnancies to track prescriptions for benzodiazepines in the 90 days before conception.” The study revealed that such “women were 47 percent more likely to have a tubal pregnancy than those who did not.” The findings were published online June 3 in the journal Human Reproduction.
Also providing similar coverage are MedPage Today (6/3, D’Ambrosio), MD Magazine (6/3, Rosenfeld) and HealthDay (6/3, Gordon).
Related Links:
— “Benzodiazepines Tied to Higher Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy, “Nicholas Bakalar, The New York Times , June 3, 2020