Why is pregnancy sickness drug not easily accessible to all?
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Image source, BBC/Linzi KinghornByLinzi KinghornSouth of England, Reporting fromHampshirePublished1 hour agoWhen I first found out I was pregnant, I went to my local GP with chronic sickness.
I could barely get out of bed and couldn't hold much food down, but I assumed it was just morning sickness and that it would pass. When the GP diagnosed me with Hyperemesis Gravidarum, external (HG) I realised this was not just usual pregnancy sickness and started considering my options. I was told that there were a variety of first-line drug treatment options available on the NHS, including Doxylamine Succinate and Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, a drug which goes by the brand name Xonvea in the UK.
It really worked for me and access to it was straightforward, so I was surprised to find out that some pregnant women face challenges when trying to get hold of it. Jasmeen Basi, a mum of three from Southampton, says she had to fight to get access: "I felt really hideous. It did get to a point where I went to the doctor and said: 'I am feeling really off and I am being sick about 10 times a day'.
"You can't eat anything. I would smell water and I would vomit. "I would hit my head so hard against the wall in my house, that my head would throb and I would have relief from the sickness.
It's really hard to explain how utterly horrific it is." She was offered one of the first-line drug treatment options, external, but found that it didn't work: "It nowhere touched the sides. I was still being sick every day.
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