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November 2008, Vol 98, No. 11 | American Journal of Public Health 1926-1927
© 2008 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.144261

LETTERS

PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION SHARING

Allen A. Mitchell, MD

The author is with the Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston, MA.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Allen A. Mitchell, MD, Director, Slone Epidemiology Center, 1010 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 (e-mail: amitchell@slone.bu.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

In their survey of prescription medication sharing, Goldsworthy et al.1 appropriately noted the paucity of information on this important behavior. Given concerns about potentially harmful effects on the fetus from in utero exposures to medication, it is particularly important to understand medication-sharing behaviors among a broad sample of pregnant women. We examined this question some time ago.


Figure 1
A performer participates in the second Walk Against Children's Malnutrition and Hunger in El Salvador, organized by the World Food Programme of the United Nations in the face of the global food crisis. Photograph by Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images. Printed with permission.

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