Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 72145

Pyridoxine/doxylamine

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to assess the long-term health and social care requirements of people impacted by in utero exposure to Debendox.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
Debendox was originally available as a triple combination of doxylamine succinate, an antihistamine, pyridoxine hydrochloride, a form of vitamin B6, and dicyclomine hydrochloride, an antispasmodic. The product was later reformulated to remove dicyclomine ...
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