Table 1 Medications taken at and before the pre-pregnancy visit. Within each of the RAimproved and RAworsened groups, the number of women who did not take any medications before pregnancy is shown, together with the numbers who were on different medications. Some women had taken sulfasalazine, prednisolone, or methotrexate during the 3 months preceding the pre-pregnancy visit, but by the time of the pre-pregnancy visit, they had already stopped those medications
RAimproved (n = 14) | RAworsened (n = 5) | |
|---|---|---|
No medications being taken at the pre-pregnancy baseline | 5¶ | 1 |
Medications being taken at the pre-pregnancy baseline | ||
Prednisolone + sulfasalazine | 3* | |
Prednisolone + sulfasalazine + etanercept | 1 | |
Infliximab or adalimumab | 2¶ | |
Prednisolone + infliximab | 1 | |
Sulfasalazine | 4¥ | |
Benepali | 1 | |
Hydroxychloroquine + sulfasalazine | 1* | |
Medications taken 3 months prior to pre-pregnancy visit (but no longer taken by the time of that visit) | ||
Sulfasalazine (¶) | 1 | 1 |
Methotrexate (*) | 1 | 1 |
Prednisolone (¥) | 1 | |