Re: OFF TOPIC - name of drug

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THALIDOMIDE

- In low dose naltrexone , ROBERT CASTANARO

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> >>I bet you my house you will never become pregnant without drugs " <<

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> So?  how do you like your new house?

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> This was an interesting topic, talk about " divergence of opinion " ,

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> Just on a related note, I think the drug you were talking about was

banned in the late 50s.  I just cannot seem to remember the name now,

but a LOT of women took this in the early 50s and maybe late 40s for

nausea.  It seemed the main birth defects were lack of arms or legs,

singular or bilateral.  just a hand would be growing out of a

shoulder girdle.  horrible .  Not sure about cleft palates - this is

still very prevalent.  This was a horrible time for pregnancy and the

CDC is now all over drugs like paxil and others that have been shown

to be related to anomolies.

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> From: Debra <i_ownaberner@...>

> Subject: RE: [low dose naltrexone] Sharing a Resource - Safety of LDN

during Pregnancy/Breastfeeding

> " 'Aletha Wittmann' " <aletha@...>

> Cc: low dose naltrexone

> Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 9:54 AM

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> I read that....this docs idea was to use the drug for almost

anything from brown bleeding to PMS to anxiety..... .it has not been

studied..... let me say it reminds me of the wonder drug that women

took in the 60's for nausea....ya it helped nausea but it caused

babies to be born without limbs....the real use of the drug was to

treat leprosy...someone got the idea for off label usage...after they

discovered it cured nausea.  The pamphlet states clearly there has

not been enough clinical trials...... therefore. ....if you could

find something else beneficial.. ....BTW

> CATEGORY A  SAFE USE IN PREGNANCY DR DO NOT NEED TO HESITATE

> CATEGORY C CLEAR RISK VS BENEFIT (as someone's doc said healthy mom

is healthy baby etc...if the mother's health requires etc)

> CATEGORY Z OR X CAUSES FETAL HARM DO NOT USED WHEN PREGNANT period

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> I hope this helps.....I have had severe PCO for years...I went thru

three years of infertility. ...I did my research.... .PCO causes a

problem with insulin production etc....I discussed with my doc that

if I did not eat carbs what would happen....well your body doesn't

secrete insulin if you don't eat carbs...I went on Atkins

diet.....and became pregnant.... when 2 ½ years of infertility meds

did not work.....6-8 weeks of a diet DID....it worked with both of my

pregnancies. ...my repro endo `s exact words were " I bet you my house

you will never become pregnant wit ho ut drugs "   well he was wrong.

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> Deb RN

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> From: Aletha Wittmann [mailto:aletha@ redshift. com]

> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:51 AM

> i_ownaberner

> Subject: Fw: [low dose naltrexone] Sharing a Resource - Safety of LDN

during Pregnancy/Breastfee ding

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> [low dose naltrexone] Sharing a Resource - Safety of LDN

during Pregnancy/Breastfee ding

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> Here is one resource my daughter and I found while trying to decide

> whether she would stay on LDN during her pregnancy. Please go to

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> two - at the top right you will see Naltrexone declared safe at the

50

> mg level. That tells me that a mere 4.5mg or less is pretty

> insignificant. Boyle Bradley's brother, Phil, has his practice

> at a fertility clinic in Ireland and uses Naltrexone as part

> of his treatment for infertility with great success. He was kind

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> gracious enough to help us with our decision via email, confirming

his

> belief that it was totally safe for mother and baby. I hope this

link

> works..... http://www.fertilit ycare.net/ documents/ LDNInfo_000.

pdf

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> I hope this is helpful to someone out there. By the way, the info

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> this document regarding Dr Hilgers is quite interesting. (page 2)

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> Beach

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