Bendectin

American  

[ben-dek-tin] / bɛnˈdɛk tɪn /

Pharmacology, Trademark.

1. a brand name for a preparation containing the antihistamine doxylamine succinate and a vitamin supplement, formerly prescribed as an antiemetic and antinauseant in the treatment of morning sickness: suspected of causing birth defects and removed from the market.

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Example Sentences

"Those Roundup and talc cases are just Daubert all over again," said Joseph Sanders, author of "Bendectin on Trial" and a professor at the University of Houston Law Center.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2020

Her own doctors had never pinpointed the cause of Jason's birth defects, but Joyce remembered that she, too, had been prescribed Bendectin for nausea in her first trimester.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2020

The Bendectin litigation exposed these gaps, and it also illustrates how tweaking one safety valve does not mend every break in the system.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2020

Diclegis, the new and reformulated version of Bendectin, served as a coda that further undermined Joyce's faith in a just world.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2020

By the mid-1990s, several published studies failed to establish any link between Bendectin and birth defects, and, Cheng said, the courts were right to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2020