Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 57622

Misoprostol: Side Effects

Tabled: 5 June 2025
Answered: 12 June 2025

Question

Sammy Wilson

Democratic Unionist PartyEast Antrim

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many serious, non-fatal, adverse reactions associated with the use of misoprostol have been reported to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in each of the last ten years; an

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for ensuring medicines, medical devices, and blood components for transfusion meet applicable standards of safety, quality, and efficacy. The MHRA rigorously assesses the availa...

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