Doxylamine+Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)+Folic Acid is used to prevent nausea and vomiting in pregnancy.
How Doxylamine + Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) + Folic Acid works
Doxylamine + Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) + Folic Acid is a combination of three medicines: doxylamine, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) and folic acid, which treats nausea and vomiting associated with pregnancy. Doxylamine is an antihistamine which works by blocking the action of a chemical messenger (histamine), thereby controlling nausea, vomiting, and dizziness. Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) is a form of vitamin B which possesses anti-nausea properties. Folic is also a form of vitamin B which provides essential nutrients.
- Doxylamine + Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) + Folic Acid helps treat nausea and vomiting in pregnant women whose symptoms did not improved using diet and lifestyle changes.
- Take it on an empty stomach with a glass of water.
- It may cause dizziness. Do not drive or do anything requiring concentration until you know how it affects you.
- Do not take it with other sedating medications such as cough and cold medications as the combination could worsen dizziness leading to falls or other accidents
- Do not take Doxylamine + Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) + Folic Acid while breastfeeding.