Friday, May 16, 2008

Terbutaline.......

Has anyone heard of Terbutaline? My friend is about 33 weeks pregnant and she lives in another town. She has been prescribed Terbutaline to stop her pre-term labor b/c she has gone into labor two times .

We have done some research on it and it has been known to cause birth defects such as:
  • Autism
  • ADHD
  • Speech Problems
  • Brain damage
  • and there are other things that could happen

Does anyone know ANYTHING about this drug? They have prescribed this to her and and they have had her on this for two weeks straight.

3 comments:

Jennisa said...

I was put on it to stop my contractions with Liv when she was 36 weeks. I only took it for like 8 hours, and it did the trick. It is a VERY common drug for stopping pre-term labor. I'm sure mothers who are pregnant with multiples have to be on it for sure!

Lisa said...

gosh, can't they give her anything else? I know there are lots of multiple mom bloggers out there so I hope they know some more about this.

Tricia said...

I had terbutaline from 28 weeks and on with Tessa> I attribute that to her ADHD and poor vision now. Horrible stuff I always felt like my heart was gong to explode.