Posted on 01/12/2023 9:13:36 PM PST by ConservativeMind
A program to increase the use of magnesium sulfate, a £1 injection that helps prevent cerebral palsy in premature babies, is effective according to a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) evaluation. The findings, led by researchers at the University of Bristol, are published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood—Fetal and Neonatal Edition.
Premature birth is the main cause of brain injury and cerebral palsy in babies. Evidence shows that babies can be protected from brain injury by giving magnesium sulfate to women who are at risk of premature birth. This reduces the risk of cerebral palsy by a third. However, in 2017 only 64% of eligible women were being given magnesium sulfate in England, Scotland and Wales.
The researchers also estimated that the program's first year could be associated with a lifetime saving to society of £3 million. This accounts for the costs of the program, administering the treatment and of cerebral palsy to society over a lifetime, and the associated health gains of avoiding cases. This is across all the extra babies the program helped get access to the treatment during the first year.
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Magnesium sulfate will now either go up in price or be unavailable without a prescription.
Being a generic chemical do not expect the dirtbags of big pharma to give a damn. It is good news because the uncorrupted good doctors will know and babies will thrive.
Don’t worry, Pfizer is on it. They will replace the effective and inexpensive medication with some Frankenstein witches’ brew that doesn’t work and turns the poor infants into bloody goo.
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