Pyridoxine/doxylamine
Commons · Question 72143 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing compensation to people impacted by in utero exposure to Debendox.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 17 Oct 2025
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 ...