Re: terbutaline

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Hi nne,

I was given " something " with my daughter to stop labor at 7 months and she

is fine (she is now 10 1/2). With my son I was on bed rest from 3 months,

but was never given any meds to stop labor - he is the one with the

Autism/ diagnosis (he is now 7 1/2). I had induced labor with both of

them. To be honest with you, I don't think this had anything to do with my

kids health. I truly believe that just happens, maybe hereditary and

MILK! I used to eat a lot of cereal back then and my son loved milk.

Sometimes I wish I could turn back the clock and do things differently, but

you live and learn. Dr. Goldberg is doing all he can to heal my son's

immune system and he is getting better each day. I pray a lot too!!!!

God bless you,

Argie

terbutaline

I'm wondering if any of you were on terbutaline when you were

pregnant with your ASD child (it is used to stop pre-term labor) - or

pregnant with any NT child.

I have a 9 y.o son with PDD and a 7 y.o NT son. I beleive the

vaccines (and whatever subsequent infections) caused my older boy's

autism.

I'm pregnant with twins. I really believed that if I kept their

immune systems healthy (no vaccines till they're older, breastfeed

for a year or two), that they'd be healthy NT kids.

I went into labor at 32 weeks, was given terbutaline sulfate (shot)

and magnesium sulfate (IV) to stop labor for 2 days while the steroid

(some other drug) for the babies' lungs took effect. Then I was sent

home. I went in again for pre-term labor a few days later and was

given another shot of terbutaline, then released and given a

prescription for oral terbutaline (2.5 mg tablets) and told to take

it any time I had 8 or more contractions per hour. I've taken one

pill roughly every 3 or 4 days, I think, for the last 3 weeks.

Then I got my sister's lap top (which I can use on bed rest), did

some research on it, and found out that it causes brain damage in

rats - specifically the hypothalamus and cerebellum (it was a study

out of Duke University, 2004). The hypothalamus is involved in

pretty much everything the brain does - I think memory, especially.

It is used off-label for preterm labor and has never been studied in

fetuses.

I asked the doctor about its safety when he first prescribed it and

he said it's been used for 15 years and is very, very safe. You

would think that by now I would have a healthier mistrust of

doctors..... In general, I do - I don't know what's wrong with me

now.

Can anyone tell me if this was a lot of terbutaline that I was on.

Does anyone have experience (ASD or NT kids) with this drug?

Thanks,

nne

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nne

My heart goes out to you because i can see that you are distressed... but what

good is to know? now that it's all over and you have already taken the drug...

try to think positively and move forward without worrying about all this now...

you have your hands full with twins and 2 other children

I hope you dont think i am being insensitive

rosanne_achin <rosanne_achin@...> wrote:

I'm wondering if any of you were on terbutaline when you were

pregnant with your ASD child (it is used to stop pre-term labor) - or

pregnant with any NT child.

I have a 9 y.o son with PDD and a 7 y.o NT son. I beleive the

vaccines (and whatever subsequent infections) caused my older boy's

autism.

I'm pregnant with twins. I really believed that if I kept their

immune systems healthy (no vaccines till they're older, breastfeed

for a year or two), that they'd be healthy NT kids.

I went into labor at 32 weeks, was given terbutaline sulfate (shot)

and magnesium sulfate (IV) to stop labor for 2 days while the steroid

(some other drug) for the babies' lungs took effect. Then I was sent

home. I went in again for pre-term labor a few days later and was

given another shot of terbutaline, then released and given a

prescription for oral terbutaline (2.5 mg tablets) and told to take

it any time I had 8 or more contractions per hour. I've taken one

pill roughly every 3 or 4 days, I think, for the last 3 weeks.

Then I got my sister's lap top (which I can use on bed rest), did

some research on it, and found out that it causes brain damage in

rats - specifically the hypothalamus and cerebellum (it was a study

out of Duke University, 2004). The hypothalamus is involved in

pretty much everything the brain does - I think memory, especially.

It is used off-label for preterm labor and has never been studied in

fetuses.

I asked the doctor about its safety when he first prescribed it and

he said it's been used for 15 years and is very, very safe. You

would think that by now I would have a healthier mistrust of

doctors..... In general, I do - I don't know what's wrong with me

now.

Can anyone tell me if this was a lot of terbutaline that I was on.

Does anyone have experience (ASD or NT kids) with this drug?

Thanks,

nne

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Hi nne,

We polled our local group to find out how many moms with an ASD child had been

on terbutaline and the number was quite high. No scientific numbers here --

just a bit of an eye opener.

When I was pregnant, one of my pregnant friends was on terbutaline. I asked

my midwife about it, and she told me there have never been any safety studies

done on the use of terbutaline use during pregnancy (it's an off-label use for

the drug). I never verified her words, but then the Duke study you referred to

came out & it made me really angry.

In that same study, it says that the damage caused by terbutaline makes the

child especially vulnerable to chemicals found in pesticides. I would make sure

that your child eats organic foods, and if they are in school you can make sure

the school is not spraying with pesticides.

Congratulations on your pregnancy with twins! My ASD son was never vaccinated

and he was breastfed way past his diagnosis even, so I always try to think of

what I could've done differently on top of all of that. Since my daughter was

2.25 when he was born and loved to swim, we swam with him daily in a chlorinated

pool. I'm sure that completely messed up his good/bad bacteria & could have set

him up for immunity problems (keep your babies out of the pool). I also hear

from some of the lactation folks that now-a-days even if you breastfeed, you

should begin probiotics from birth to properly colonize their systems ( & keep in

mind that one bottle of formula or sugar water is enough to dammage their gut).

With my 3rd child (who needed surgery), I pumped milk while she was in the PICU

and could not eat and then took it home and fermented it into keifer to help her

tummy bounce back from the post-op antibiotics. I think this is not a bad idea

even if your child does not

need surgery!

-

rosanne_achin <rosanne_achin@...> wrote:

I'm wondering if any of you were on terbutaline when you were

pregnant with your ASD child (it is used to stop pre-term labor) - or

pregnant with any NT child.

I have a 9 y.o son with PDD and a 7 y.o NT son. I beleive the

vaccines (and whatever subsequent infections) caused my older boy's

autism.

I'm pregnant with twins. I really believed that if I kept their

immune systems healthy (no vaccines till they're older, breastfeed

for a year or two), that they'd be healthy NT kids.

I went into labor at 32 weeks, was given terbutaline sulfate (shot)

and magnesium sulfate (IV) to stop labor for 2 days while the steroid

(some other drug) for the babies' lungs took effect. Then I was sent

home. I went in again for pre-term labor a few days later and was

given another shot of terbutaline, then released and given a

prescription for oral terbutaline (2.5 mg tablets) and told to take

it any time I had 8 or more contractions per hour. I've taken one

pill roughly every 3 or 4 days, I think, for the last 3 weeks.

Then I got my sister's lap top (which I can use on bed rest), did

some research on it, and found out that it causes brain damage in

rats - specifically the hypothalamus and cerebellum (it was a study

out of Duke University, 2004). The hypothalamus is involved in

pretty much everything the brain does - I think memory, especially.

It is used off-label for preterm labor and has never been studied in

fetuses.

I asked the doctor about its safety when he first prescribed it and

he said it's been used for 15 years and is very, very safe. You

would think that by now I would have a healthier mistrust of

doctors..... In general, I do - I don't know what's wrong with me

now.

Can anyone tell me if this was a lot of terbutaline that I was on.

Does anyone have experience (ASD or NT kids) with this drug?

Thanks,

nne

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Argie, Caroline, and ,

Thanks for your replies. I really appreciate it. I have been

following the diet throughout this pregnancy, so, hopefully that will

help.

- thanks for the pool info - I'll definitely keep them out of it

this Summer. Can you tell me the best way to get probiotics into their

bodies? I've been wondering about this for a while. Should I just wet

my finger and put it in the probiotics, and let them suck on it? I

don't want them to choke, but I definitely think they should have some

(I'm on antibiotics for a UTI). What is an appropriate dosage/times

per day? Also, how do you ferment breastmilk and what's a keifer?

Would putting the probiotics directly into their mouths be just as good?

Thanks,

nne

[Guest guest]

Anything is possible. But there are thousand of people guessing and

making hypothesis on what causes Autism. All looking for that one

prize in finding the answer. If a child with autism comes up with a

normal hair test, has never been vaccinated, mother had no shots or

amalgams and ate no fish...I would look into other things like this.

But the majority of autistic kids moms' did not have this drug, and do

have toxic hair tests and were vaccinated.

It is always worth noting something like this indeed. You never know

what can add to the toxic load in our babies...and I'm sure this drug

is no good either.

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> Looking through articles on Dr Thrasher's - a toxicologist - website

I came

> across on about Terbutaline and autistic spectrum disorders.

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> Terbutaline is a drug given to prevent premature labour in pregnant

women.

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> http://www.drthrasher.org/month.htm

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