Meaning of morning sickness still unsettled

Gideon Koren, (Motherisk Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada) suggests that normal NVP shouldn't be left untreated, especially since many women have a career to follow. "NVP has a tremendous impact on the quality of life of women", says Koren, "and with evidence-...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 357; no. 9264; p. 1272
Main Author Pirisi, Angela
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 21.04.2001
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Female
Gynecology
Humans
Illnesses
Nausea - metabolism
Obstetrics
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome
Vomiting - metabolism
Women
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Summary:Gideon Koren, (Motherisk Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada) suggests that normal NVP shouldn't be left untreated, especially since many women have a career to follow. "NVP has a tremendous impact on the quality of life of women", says Koren, "and with evidence-based medicine showing that available treatments are safe, women don't need to tolerate its symptoms". Besides which, adds Koren, the consequences of not treating normal NVP is a progression to more severe symptoms. Apparently, hospitalisation rates due to severe NVP doubled after Bendectin (doxylamine-pyridone), the most common NVP therapy, was removed from the US market in 1983, after the financial cost of numerous litigation battles, which alleged that the drug caused birth defects, proved too high.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04464-0