الخميس، 4 يوليو 2019

How women anxious to have a baby are being exploited for profit | Eleanor Morgan

With the ‘fertility IV’ drip, the wellness industry hit a new low. Perhaps regulating bodies should take a look

Get A Drip, a wellness company offering “affordable IV vitamin drips and booster shots”, has withdrawn a product it called a “fertility IV” from sale after the British Pregnancy Advisory Service said there was no evidence this “treatment” could improve fertility.

The drip was advertised as costing £250. The only supplements medically recommended for women trying to conceive are folic acid and vitamin D, so you wonder what on earth it contained to warrant such a price tag (£250 would get you 28 bottles of folic acid from Holland & Barrett, incidentally). More to the point, how could the wellness industry have stooped to such a new, exploitative low?

Related: Wellness company pulls £250 'fertility drip' from sale after outcry

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