Kim Kardashian gives in to FDA demands; posts morning sickness pill side effects online

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Kim Kardashian might have gotten flak from the US Food and Drug Administration after she has posted on her social media accounts her praises for the morning sickness prescription drug Diclegis. However, it looks like the reality star is correcting her ways and bowing to what the FDA is asking by posting a new and better recommendation for the drug.

According to New York Post, Kim has posted to Instagram the limitations and complete information of the drug while at the MTV Video Music Awards. Although the reality star has not apologized for the oversight, she has informed the public as to why she is reposting the ad. Kim has even created a new hashtag, #CorrectiveAd, to let all her fans know that it is her way of coming clean.

A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Aug 30, 2015 at 6:01pm PDT

The Chicago Tribune adds that although Diclegis has been approved and recommended safe for women experiencing morning sickness after being unresponsive to initial measures, it is still risky when used by patients with certain conditions. The drug is said to exhibit persistent vomiting, drowsiness, and have not yet been studied for women with hyperemesis gravidarum or if combined with alcohol.

Kim is not the first celebrity to use popularity in order to endorse a medication or a product, Fox News writes. Celebrities like Paula Deen, Barry Manilow, Mira Sorvino and Caitlyn Jenner have put their names behind a prescription drug, either as loyal users or for paid advertisements.

The FDA has came after Kim and the drug's manufacturer, Duchesnay, for providing incomplete and misleading information about Diclegis or doxylamin succinate pyridoxine HCl. The regulator agency has reacted after seeing Kim's posts in several social networking sites, a feat that will surely get attention as the star has a million followers on almost all sites. Incidentally, the timing of the post means being buried by photos taken during the VMA event, which included a photo of her husband, Kanye West, accepting the Vanguard Award from presenter Taylor Swift.

Dr. Jennifer Landa of Fox News shares her opinion about how harmful it is for the public to get celebrity drug endorsers. She states that physicians are troubled by this type of endorsements because patients start asking for the most popular medication being endorsed by a big name celebrity, without checking for side effects or if will cause more harm than good.