I just heard an ad on the radio for a prescription pill (don’t recall the name) to treat men with advanced prostate cancer. One of the warnings was that it may cause harm to an unborn child. How could that work?

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I just heard an ad on the radio for a prescription pill (don’t recall the name) to treat men with advanced prostate cancer. One of the warnings was that it may cause harm to an unborn child. How could that work?

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They’ve added that warning because they have no data on fetal toxicity, and are covering their legal butts.

There’s no data on fetal toxicity for obvious reasons – that’s pretty low research priority for a prostate medication.

But it’s not inconceivable that someone would take their husband’s medication by mistake, so they’re checking off the “told ya so” box in case of frivolous lawsuit.