Why is pregnancy sickness drug not easily accessible to all?
BBC journalist Linzi Kinghorn finds out why a pregnancy sickness drug is not always accessible on the NHS.
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"I felt really hideous. It did get to a point where I went to the doctor and said: 'I am feeling really off and I am being sick about 10 times a day'."
— Jasmeen Basi , Other
"We did a survey about this last year because we wanted to gather some data about it."
— Marianne Eldridge , Activist
"Because of the different costs of Xonvea as opposed to these other first-line antihistamine anti-sickness drugs, it is actually unlikely to be the drug she's offered first if she goes to a general practitioner in this country."
— Catherine Nelson-Piercy , Academic
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BBC journalist Linzi Kinghorn finds out why a pregnancy sickness drug is not always accessible on the NHS.
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