Treating nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: case progression

doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7435.337

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Please see: Interactive case report: Treatment of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

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Nicola Harker, general practitioner1,
Alan Montgomery, lecturer in primary care research2,
Tom Fahey, professor of primary care medicine (t.p.fahey@dundee.ac.uk)3

¹Dean Lane Family Practice, Bedminster, Bristol
²Division of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol
³Tayside Centre for General Practice, University of Dundee, Dundee DD2 4AD

Correspondence to: T Fahey

Last week (31 January, p 276) we presented the case of Ms Reynolds, a 25 year old woman who presented to her general practitioner when eight weeks pregnant complaining of nausea and vomiting with light headedness. After an unsuccessful trial of prochlorperazine, she asked about alternatives to conventional drugs. We invited responses on which therapeutic options are safe to consider or recommend in pregnancy, what study design might provide evidence for their relative efficacy in an individual patient, and what proportion of patients and pregnant women use complementary therapies. To look at the discussion of the case so far go to bmj.com

One of us (NH) is interested in complementary medicine and suggested a trial of vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine) to relieve the patient's symptoms. We searched Medline (1996 onwards, limiting our search to review articles) using the …