A question on #Drugs #SideEffects tabled by Andrew Gwynne on 08-07-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Drugs: Side Effects
Question ID: 1820771
UIN: 65740
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-08
Asking Member ID: 1506
Asking Member display name: Andrew Gwynne
Asking Member handle: GwynneMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @GwynneMP
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase public awareness of (a) which medicines are known to have teratogenous effects and (b) the risks of taking teratogenous medicines during pregnancy.
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Date answered: 2025-08-08
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: The product information for each medicine possibly associated with teratogenic effects includes details about the nature and severity of the risk. The product information is intended to support and not replace the discussion between a healthcare professio...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true