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  2. Scientists discover cause of pregnancy morning sickness ... - AOL

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    Scientists are moving forward with researching cures for morning sickness, including testing drugs that block GDF15 from binding to its receptor in the brain, and exposing women to the hormone ...

  3. Doxylamine - Wikipedia

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    Doxylamine is an antihistamine medication used to treat insomnia and allergies, and—in combination with pyridoxine (vitamin B 6)—to treat morning sickness in pregnant women. It is available over-the-counter and is typically sold under such brand names as Equate or Unisom, among others; and it is used in nighttime cold medicines (e.g ...

  4. Pyridoxine/doxylamine - Wikipedia

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    Pyridoxine/doxylamine, sold under the brand name Diclectin among others, is a combination of pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B 6) and doxylamine succinate.It is generally used for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (morning sickness); even though its efficacy has not been proven and subsequent research has led to the removal of recommendations in medical journals.

  5. Drugs in pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Drugs taken in pregnancy including over-the counter-medications, prescription medications, nutritional supplements, recreational drugs, and illicit drugs may cause harm to the mother or the unborn child. Non-essential drugs and medications should be avoided while pregnant. Tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and illicit drug use while pregnant may be ...

  6. Study finds why morning sickness is more severe for some ...

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    Charlotte Howden is chief executive of Pregnancy Sickness Support and was hospitalised with HG after vomiting up to 30 times a day. ... She was eventually put on the right treatment at week 16 of ...

  7. Researchers have finally discovered the cause of morning ...

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    GDF15—a hormone that exists throughout the body in low levels, but is produced in the placenta at higher levels during pregnancy—is indeed the cause of morning sickness, a new study out of the ...

  8. Thalidomide scandal - Wikipedia

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    Feet of a baby born to a mother who had taken thalidomide while pregnant. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the use of thalidomide in 46 countries was prescribed to women who were pregnant or who subsequently became pregnant, and consequently resulted in the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever," with more than 10,000 children born with a range of severe deformities, such as ...

  9. Phocomelia - Wikipedia

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    Primarily prescribed as a sedative or hypnotic, thalidomide also claimed to cure "anxiety, insomnia, gastritis, and tension". [8] Afterwards it was used against nausea and to alleviate morning sickness in pregnant women. Thalidomide became an over-the-counter drug in Germany around 1960, i.e. it could be bought without a prescription. Shortly ...

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