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Antidepressant during pregnancy: Pharmacoepidemiologist’s perspective

Oct 5, 2026 · 19m

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In this episode of The Good GP, Dr Julia Rawlinson speaks with Dr Florence Martin, an epidemiologist specialising in pregnancy pharmacoepidemiology. Dr Martin discusses her recent study examining the relationship between first trimester antidepressant use and miscarriage risk, using UK primary care data from the CPRD GOLD database. Dr Martin explains the definitions used for trimesters and miscarriage, and highlights the understanding confounding by indication; how underlying depression, rather than the use of antidepressants, may skew observed associations in raw data. After adjusting for confounding factors, her research found only a modest increase in miscarriage risk for women using…