According to Reuters (5/15, Carroll), after examining “the outcomes from more than 160,000 early pregnancies,” investigators “found that women taking benzodiazepines…were nearly twice as likely to miscarry.” The study revealed that “women who used benzodiazepines early in pregnancy were 1.85 times more likely than those who did not take the drugs to have a miscarriage.” The findings were published online May 15 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Psychiatric News (5/15) reports, “Additional analysis revealed that the risk of miscarriage was similar among pregnant women exposed to short-acting benzodiazepines (defined as a half-life less than or equal to 24 hours), such as lorazepam, and long-acting benzodiazepines (defined as a half-life greater than 24 hours), such as diazepam.”
Also covering the story are MedPage Today (5/15, Hlavinka), HealthDay (5/15, Reinberg), and Healio(5/15, Demko).
Related Links:
— “Benzodiazepines in early pregnancy tied to heightened risk of miscarriage, “Linda Carroll, Reuter, May 15, 2019