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DRUGS - 7 DIGITS MAXIMUM Record any drug taken by the mother during the first trimester of pregnancy (from the 1st day of last menstrual period up to the 12th week of gestation). Drugs with long elimination half time and taken before conception should also be recorded (eg. Acitretin, etretinate etc). If it is not known in which trimester the drug was taken, and this information cannot be obtained, code it but write in the space for comments that it is not sure whether the drug was taken in the first trimester. Use ATC-coding and use as many digits as possible (from 3 to 7). Website http://www.whocc.no/atcddd/. Do not record usual vitamins and mineral supplementation, but record unusual intakes of vitamins or minerals (eg. Vitamin A mega doses). The ATC coding system does not have a code for alternative drugs or herbs. If these are used, give the main code Z. ATC example: N03A: antiepileptic drug N03AF01: carbamazepine Details on the dosage and timing should be given in text variable 55. Do not forget to mention in the appropriate section (disease during or before pregnancy) the indication for drug use. Only drugs taken at physiologic doses to be recorded. If a drug overdose or self-poisoning, this MUST be explained in text in Variable 55.

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