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A drug study in the Netherlands where about 90 pregnant women had Viagra stopped. This since eleven newborn children have developed lung diseases and died.
A Dutch study in which pregnant women received viagra stopped after several children became ill and died.
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The study has been conducted in ten universities in the Netherlands since 2015, reports the Dutch media.
A total of 93 pregnant women received sildenafil, also known as viagra, which is usually prone to men with erectile dysfunction and to people with hypertension. The hope was that the drug would increase the blood supply to the placenta so that children with poor conditions to develop in the stomach would develop better. The tests were preceded by tests on rats.
17 children born to women developed lung problems and eleven of them died. In the control group of 90 women, three children had the same problem, but nothing died.
Up to 15 women now await a message if their children were injured by the tests
– There are also a number of parents for children receiving intensive care. means for their children.
The study was conducted according to all the rules, according to the researchers. It is suspected that the drug caused high blood pressure in the children's lungs. A similar study in Canada was also stopped after the Dutch contacted their colleagues.
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