Undetermined Teratogenic Risks by Traditional Sex Selection Drugs.
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2013-07
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Male child preference is a well known phenomenon in Indian society. There
are various drugs and techniques used to achieve this target, even though
these are illegal and punishable. Women desirous of male child try to
procure these drugs which are supposed to help in sex selection. These
secretly procured drugs can cause congenital defects in the fetus due to the
fact that these drugs are always administered during first trimester - the
most vulnerable period for the fetus. There are many drugs, whose
teratogenic potential is already known. But in the absence of enough data
and lack of clinical trial studies in pregnant women, we don’t really know
about many drugs, which are necessary for various medical conditions
during pregnancy. On top of that these so called sex selection drugs add to
an unhealthy practice leading to many more probable congenital
anomalies. It is the need of the hour that proper data is collected about all
such drugs and their implications is studied on fetus. Due to secret
prescriptions, it may be difficult to ban such drugs, but public awareness
and health education about congenital anomalies caused by such drugs is
probably the only way to fight this menace.
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Singh S, Kumar R, Kaur H. Undetermined Teratogenic Risks by Traditional Sex Selection Drugs. International Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences. 2013 July; 2(2): 239-241.