Calling for federal action, watchdog says there’s no evidence dietary supplements for infertility help women get pregnant
A health and science watchdog group petitioned federal regulators on Monday to take enforcement action against 27 manufacturers of dietary supplements marketed as helping women become pregnant, but for which the makers provided no scientific evidence of efficacy.
In letters to the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission, the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest said its nearly yearlong investigation of 39 “fertility” supplements — pills and powders with names such as Fertile CM, Pregnitude, FertilHerb for Women, OvaBoost, and Pink Stork — found no evidence they increase a woman’s chance of conceiving. The products are sold online as well as at retailers including Walmart and CVS. CSPI called on the agencies to issue warning letters to the companies, prohibit the sale of the supplements, and have FDA inspectors seize the products.
