FDA warns Kim Kardashian West over Promoting a Pregnancy Drug

Television Personality and model Kim Kardashian West has been warned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over promoting a pregnancy drug. The federal agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services also asked Duchesnay, pharmaceutical company based in Canada, to remove all those social media posts where Kardashian has been promoting the drug.

While providing information about the warning given to Kardashian, FDA stated that the 34-year-old Kardashian’s remarks could convince people to take the drug Diclegis. Robert Dean, a member of Drug Promotion office of FDA, stated in a letter that Kardashian has violated the law and the violations can beserious concerning from a public health perspective.

The letter by Dean waspublicly released on Tuesday and according to it, promotion of any drug should also tell about risks of the drug. Kardashian has promoted the pill on her social media accounts where a number of people are following her. In her posts about the pill,Kardashian has been describing how she found the drug that can help pregnant women to overcome

While promoting the drug on social media, Kardashian wrote, “OMG. Have you heard about this? As you guys know my #morningsickness has been pretty bad. I tried changing things about my lifestyle, like my diet, but nothing helped, so I talked to my doctor”. According toKardashian, her doctor suggested her to use Diclegis which helped her a lot. The drug has been studied and it does not pose risk to baby, she added.