Welcome to the website for DES Action UK.

We are a medical charity whose aim is to provide information to the public and medical practioners about DES (diethylstilboestrol), a synthetic oestrogen prescribed in the UK until 1975 to prevent miscarriage.

Unfortunately it had several side effects that were unknown or ignored at the time - some refer to it as the "hidden thalidamide".

Please browse the site for further information and you may contact the charity via post or email.

A FAQ page will be added in 2008, including some drug trade names that are and are not DES. In the meantime there is a link to a list of DES brand names used in the States.

Finally, please be patient if you contact us . DES Action UK has only the three trustees responding to enquiries (and all of us have other fulltime jobs).