Study suspended in pregnant women after the death of 11 babies in Amsterdam

The University Hospital of Amsterdam (AUMC) canceled a treatment for viagra for pregnant women, with which it "intended to help" with the delay in growth of the placenta, after the death of 11 babies, said today Dr. Wessel Ganzevoo.

The hospital stopped the research on Monday using sildenafil (viagra) in pregnant women to dilate blood vessels, allowing growth of the placenta, reports Informe 21.

This circumstance "was confirmed in research with animals and later in a small study that was done with humans ", before starting the test that included 93 women and that seemed" promising ", Ganzevoo added to the Dutch newspaper Trouw.

From the total sample of mothers who were subjected 11 babies died of a drug-related lung disorder, which led the hospital to immediately discontinue testing. [19659002] In this survey, hospitals from Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand were added, and the latter two countries reported that they did not find any effects. positive or negative in the placenta because of the use of this drug.