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The Dr Louise Newson Podcast — 78 – Primodos: The forgotten synthetic hormone scandal
Not scored yet33m·2026-06-25·Health Fitness

78 – Primodos: The forgotten synthetic hormone scandal

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast · 78

Millions of women were prescribed Primodos as a pregnancy test even though there were concerns that it was associated with many different and often devastating birth defects. More than 60 years later, many of the questions surrounding the drug - which contains synthetic hormones that are still prescribed to women…

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