§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will ask the editor of the monthly index of medical specialties to arrange for the removal of the indication for the use of Depo Provera in cases of habitual and threatened abortion in cases of demonstrable progesterone deficiency since this category of use was discontinued in 1978.
§ Dr. VaughanIt is the responsibility of the company concerned to ensure that entries in the monthly index of medical specialties (MIMS) relating to their products are correct. I understand that the continuing reference to the indication to which the hon. Member refers was an oversight and that the company has already taken steps to arrange for its deletion; because of publication schedules the amendment is not expected to be446W made before the July 1980 edition of MIMS.
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, in the light of the letter he has received from the hon. Member for Eccles, he will reconsider all his former decisions on the short-term use of Depo Provera; if he will prevent the extension of the use until all the evidence on this drug has been re-examined; and if he will make a statement.
§ Dr. VaughanI have written to the hon. Member.