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Does Pitocin contain thimerosal?

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Doesn't appear to contain Thimerosal. But, I found this interesting

article.

Here's a portion:

There is information associating neurological disorders with the use

of an artificial hormone (Pitocin) which is given to pregnant women

to induce or speed up labor.[1] Pitocin is a synthetic exogenous

source of the natural hormone oxytocin which stimulates the gravid

uterus to contract. It was developed as a drug by the Parke-

pharmaceutical company in 1953 and put into general use in 1955. It

comes from the pituitary glands of cattle and includes acetic acid

for pH adjustment and .5 percent chloretone as a preservative. Dr

Hollander of New York's Mount Sinai School of Medicine, a

physician who specializes in treating autistic kids, reported

noticing that 60% of the autistic patients in his clinic had been

exposed to this drug as a fetus.[2] Yet doctors like Ellen Grant find

progesterones and oestrogens even more dangerous than Pitocin.

It is clear that the preponderance of available evidence

suggests the importance of multiple biologic factors acting through

one or more mechanisms to produce the autistic syndrome.

Dr. J. Cohen & Fred Volkmar

Pitocin is not the only drug received by women whose labors are being

induced or augmented. The use of Pitocin requires that the mother

also be given IV fluids, have continuous electric fetal monitoring in

place and remain sedentary in her hospital bed while connected to

this equipment. Pitocin-induced uterine contractions and enforced

maternal immobility makes labor more painful, so much so that under

these circumstances most laboring women also receive narcotic pain

relievers and/or epidural anesthesia. Virtually 100% of medically-

managed births are subjected to high levels of pharmaceutical

interventions. We do not know the negative effects because no one has

ever looked to study the possible collateral damages of heavy drug

intervention on the arriving fetus. But there is no doubt that

medical choices can do as much or more to weaken or seriously damage

children than predisposing genetic problems. Chemical toxicity itself

is known to cause serious problems in the cell nucleus and thus can

be seen to play a major role in genetic problems or predispositions.

Prenatal and early childhood experiences could have prominent

effects on the development of the responsiveness of the immune

system, with far-reaching and long-lasting consequences for the

immune capacity at a later age. Conversely, early derailments

in the normal development of immune function, as, for instance,

in the induction of autoimmunity in an early phase of the

immunological developmental traject, could have important

effects on the development of the nervous and endocrine systems.

Van Gent, et al. [3]

Most labors today are induced at some point primarily because

obstetricians are closing the birth canals of women by placing the

expectant mothers in bed, keeping them on their backs and

sacrum. " Being forced to immobilize her sacrum in a dorsal position,

the laboring woman closes her birth canal up to 30% - a terrible

mistake that is only aggravated when the OB chemically whips the

uterus to contract violently with either Pitocin or Cytotec " , writes

Dr. Todd Gastaldo, a chiropractor who deals with the realities of the

spine and the sacrum. Most midwives understand the basic physics of

birth where as obstetricians seem to want to defy the laws of

gravity, deliberately making birth much more difficult than it has to

be. Dr. Gastaldo warns us that pressures from a closed birth canal

can distort the brain case causing brain bleeds and asphyxiation

(prolonging delivery of the baby) of brain tissue. This compression

leads to a series of complications forcing interventions -

episiotomies, c-sections and drugging of the mother, which of course

means the babies are drugged.

Mothers in labor are routinely given several different drugs without

any way to know if the unborn baby is vulnerable to toxic side

effects. The propensity to have an adverse reaction must be

multiplied by the number of drugs received, and then must be doubled

again for the newborn, whose virgin brain is being directly

influenced by these substances. The risk of side effects is both

immediate and life long for infants.[4]

Drugs used on pregnant women have never been tested to determine

if they are safe for fetuses and neonates. Not a single one.

No one has a clue about the long-term consequences.

California College of Midwives

Most umbilical cords are clamped and cut[5] before all the blood from

the placenta is allowed back into the baby, meaning they start out

with as much as a 40% decrease in blood volume.[6] Birth in itself is

a shock to one degree or another. Babies need time to adjust, to

light, to sound, to the simple act of breathing. But they are not

given the time they need. As soon as they are born, antibiotic drops

or ointment is put in their eyes and they are given a vitamin K shot.

Trouble is, the " vitamin " K shot is a synthetic, which their little

bodies really can't recognize and use. But most importantly the shot

contains nasty chemicals like benzyl alcohol, phenol (carbolic acid),

propylene glycol (antifreeze), acetic acid and hydrochloric acid.[7]

So, even before Hep B vaccination is given babies are dealing with

strong chemicals and antibiotics circulating through their already

struggling circulatory and nervous systems. Now, add the Hep B

vaccine, with its aluminium hydroxide, thimerosal and modified

genetic material to the list and one can only wonder about

pediatricians and what they are thinking. In the 14th September 2004

issue of Neurology (2004;63:838-42) a Harvard group published their

findings confirming our worst fears about the recombinant hepatitis B

vaccine and its role in increasing the chance of recepients

contracting multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers from Harvard

estimate that it increases the risk by over three times. This is

highly significant to our multiple causes of autism model because, as

suspected by Dr. Blaylock, this vaccine and others predictably are

creating problems in the brain's immune system leading to serious

auto-immune diseases. According to Blaylock, autism spectrum

disorders are basically auto-immune problems.

Another thing very injurious to the child, is the tying and

cutting of the navel string too soon; which should always be

left till the child has not only repeatedly breathed but till all

pulsation in the cord ceases. As otherwise the child is much

weaker than it ought to be, a portion of the blood being left

in the placenta, which ought to have been in the child.

Erasmus Darwin

( Darwin's grandfather) 1801

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What can we do to find that out? Medlin wrote: Does Pitocin contain thimerosal?

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This is the most thorough description of ingredients that I could find. Note the

" up to 16%

impurities " , what exactly do they mean by " impurities " ? I wonder what it

contained in the

'90s?

Pitocin Description

Oxytocin injection USP is a sterile, clear, colorless aqueous solution of

synthetic oxytocin,

for intravenous infusion or intramuscular injection. Oxytoxin is a nonapeptide

found in

pituitary extracts from mammals. It is standardized to contain 10 units of

oxytocic

hormone/mL and contains 0.5% Chlorobutanol, a chloroform derivative as a

preservative,

with the pH adjusted with acetic acid. Oxytocin may contain up to 16% of total

impurities.

The hormone is prepared synthetically to avoid possible contamination with

vasopressin

(ADH) and other small polypeptides with biologic activity. Oxytocin has the

empirical

formula C43H66N12O12S2 (molecular weight 1007.19). The structural formula is as

follows:

Pitocin - Clinical Pharmacology

Uterine motility depends on the formation of the contractile protein actomyosin

under the

influence of the Ca2+-dependent phosphorylating enzyme myosin light-chain

kinase.

Oxytocin promotes contractions by increasing the intracellular Ca2+. Oxytocin

has

specific receptors in the myometrium and the receptor concentration increases

greatly

during pregnancy, reaching a maximum in early labor at term. The response to a

given

dose of oxytocin is very individualized and depends on the sensitivity of the

uterus, which

is determined by the oxytocin receptor concentration. However, the physician

should be

aware of the fact that oxytocin even in its pure form has inherent pressor and

antidiuretic

properties which may become manifest when large doses are administered. These

properties are thought to be due to the fact that oxytocin and vasopressin

differ in regard

to only two of the eight amino acids (see PRECAUTIONS section).

Oxytocin is distributed throughout the extracellular fluid. Small amounts of the

drug

probably reach the fetal circulation. Oxytocin has a plasma half-life of about 1

to 6

minutes which is decreased in late pregnancy and during lactation. Following

intravenous

administration of oxytocin, uterine response occurs almost immediately and

subsides

within 1 hour. Following intramuscular injection of the drug, uterine response

occurs

within 3 to 5 minutes and persists for 2 to 3 hours. Its rapid removal from

plasma is

accomplished largely by the kidney and the liver. Only small amounts are

excreted in

urine unchanged.

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NOKP Stoller, MDPresident, International Hyperbaric Medical AssocMedical Director, Hyperbaric Medical Center of New Mexicowww.hbotnm.com-- " Medlin" wrote:

Does Pitocin contain thimerosal?

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