Metformin No Better Than Placebo at Treating Diabetes During Pregnancy: Study
Pregnant women who took metformin were more likely to have children with low-birth weight and saw no better control over their glucose levels, researchers warn.
Pregnant women who took metformin were more likely to have children with low-birth weight and saw no better control over their glucose levels, researchers warn.
The EU and Canada have set daily acceptable limits for all nitrosamines, but the FDA has not. During a meeting this week the U.S. regulators met to discuss how to bets address the problem with nitrosames in drugs.
This is the first study to link metformin use to an increased risk of birth defects.
NDMA contamination has resulted in several major drug recalls in recent years, including Zantac and valsartan.