ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for drug consultation of Chinese patent medicine(CPM)in pregnancy. METH-ODS:Package inserts of CPM in our hospital during Jan.-Jun. 2016 were collected. Referring to the prohibited,contraindicated and caution materials and decoction pieces in Chinese Pharmacopoeia(part 1,2015 edition),based onnoteitem in Chinese Pharma-copoeia and Clinical Application Guidelines(2010 edition),problems existing in pregnancy contraindication labeling of package in-serts were compared and analyzed. RESULTS:There were 99 kinds of prohibited,contraindicated and caution materials and decoc-tion pieces in Chinese Pharmacopoeia. There were 210 package inserts of CPM except for the special medicine for children,in which 32 contained prohibited materials,61 contained caution materials,only 21 were in line with the contained materials. Among the package inserts of 93 CPM containing prohibited or caution materials,27 were included in Chinese Pharmacopoeia,13 in Clini-cal Application Guidelines only,17 in both,but only 6 had the same contraindication labeling. Among the package inserts of 32 CPM containing prohibited materials,6 were explicitly labeled prohibited,17 labeled contraindicated or caution,and 9 labeled none. Among the package inserts of 61 CPM containing caution materials,29 were labeled prohibited or contraindicated,15 la-beled caution,and 17 labeled none. Among the package inserts of 117 CPM containing no prohibited,contraindicated or caution materials,8 were labeled contraindicated in pregnancy,and 18 labeled prohibited in pregnancy. CONCLUSIONS:The pregnancy contraindications of most CPM are not normative,showing poor consistency with Chinese Pharmacopoeia or Clinical Application Guidelines. Except for providing drug consultation by complying with Chinese Pharmacopoeia,Clinical Application Guidelines and package insert,pharmacists can judge the CPM without labeled pregnancy contraindication by analyzing its classification of con-tained materials. Using TCM does not indicate safety drug use,in addition,some CPM contain western medicine ingredients. There-fore,pharmacists should conduct medication education for patients who used CPM in pregnancy. Considering the new and severe adverse reactions of TCM injections are more,its adverse reactions exist unpredictability,so that pregnant patients should be sug-gested to avoid using TCM injections by pharmacists.