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RSS FeedsPopular morning sickness drug is not effective, new research finds
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17 january 2018 20:42:40

 
Popular morning sickness drug is not effective, new research finds
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Drug trial records kept secret by the Canadian government and a pharmaceutical company show a popular morning sickness medication is not effective, a new published report says.The findings about Diclectin, published Wednesday in the online journal PLOS ONE, are the culmination of a seven-year transparency battle by Toronto doctor Nav Persaud to see the evidence behind a go-to treatment for pregnant women across the country.Persaud recommends doctors stop prescribing the drug.“This information that’s been hidden until now indicates that (Diclectin) is not effective, and therefore women should not be taking it,” said Persaud, a researcher, lecturer and family physician at St. Michael’s hospital.This article is about transparency and the drug’s efficacy, not its safety. The maker of Diclectin, Duchesnay, said the drug is the most studied medication approved for use by pregnant women, and its use is supported by multiple studies.“(Diclectin) has been prescribed for more than 40 years in Canada and has been repeatedly proven safe and effective for use throughout pregnancy,” Duchesnay spokeswoman Fiona Story said in a statement. As part of Persaud’s protracted fight to learn what he can about the popular pill, he has in recent years authored papers exposing flaws in the research purporting the drug’s effectiveness. The 2009 clinical trial that is the focus of Persaud’s new analysis was funded by the company that makes the drug.Health Canada only released the 2009 clinical trial records to Persaud and his co-authors to analyze after he signed a confidentiality agreement promising not to share the original trial data that underpinned his findings.Before this, the regulator had told him the information was confidential and belonged to Duchesnay. The drug company would also not allow the information to publicly shared, Persaud said.“It’s disturbing that the company that sponsored the study has hidden ...


 
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