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Pyridoxine/doxylamine

Commons · Question 72146 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Oct 2025

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Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of people impacted in utero by their mother's use of Debendox during pregnancy.

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 ...