Perinatal use and discontinuation of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and biologics in women with rheumatoid arthritis: a cohort study

Objectives To characterize the utilization and discontinuation of medications before, during and after pregnancy among women with RA. Methods We used population-based administrative data to identify women with RA who had a singleton pregnancy ending in delivery between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2012. We assessed the utilization of RA medications, namely, conventional synthetic DMARDs, biologics, glucocorticosteroids and NSAIDs, across six...