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anti-nausea drug banned in 80's
I'm looking for the name of the drug that was prescribed for anti-nausea in pregnancy in the 70's and 80's that was subsequently banned because of problems it would cause female children. Also any information about the effects to the child (22)attempting pregnancy.
Was any side effects listed for boys my son was born in 1980 when he was 5 found out he had a hole in his heart which thankfully was able to be repaired now he is grown found out he was born without a gall-bladder and has other birth defects took this medication when I was pregnant with him didn't even know it had been banned saw the lawsuit against zofran and it brought back the memory of the benedictine hope this isn't why he is having serious health issues!
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Was any side effects listed for boys my son was born in 1980 when he was 5 found out he had a hole in his heart which thankfully was able to be repaired now he is grown found out he was born without a gall-bladder and has other birth defects took this medication when I was pregnant with him didn't even know it had been banned saw the lawsuit against zofran and it brought back the memory of the benedictine hope this isn't why he is having serious health issues!
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My mom took bendectin in the late 1970's when she was pregnant with my sister and me. My sister was born in 1n 1978 and my sister August the year before. My sister seemed healthy for the most part as a kid. I on other hand had a lot of health issues. At 5 years old I was diagnosed with epilepsy, at 7 with ulcerative colitis ( diagnosis later changed to Crohn's disease), nuerocardiogenic syncope as a teen, Arthralgia, asthma as a teen, now paradoxical atrial fib, endometriosis, GERD, Esophogitis , adenomyosis. I am anemic and nuetropenic a lot of the time, rhumatoid doctor just last week told me he really believes I have a second autoimmune disease and he is doing tests to confirm which one. I get constant UTI's, kidney infections. We went thru 3 fertility treatments to get pregnant. Thru IVF I got pregnant with twins. My daughter was born prematurely at 35 weeks, her twin died in utero at the end of the first trimester ( officially a miscarriage) . My daughter, who is 9, had has tonic clonic seizure, tenative crohns , GERD, Esophogitis, crohnic migrianes and she is being followed by cardiology because they suspect she has inappropriate sinus a tachycardia and worried she may be getting an arthymia.
My sister has infertility issues, an autoimmune disease, endometriosis, inappropriate sinus tachycardia...
As you can see we have a lot of medical problems. Some is linked with crappy genetics but we do suspect this medication our mom took caused or at least seriously contributed to some of the conditions. I know our mom feels guilt over this and we have told her there is no reason for her to feel guilty. So to any moms out there feeling guilt for taking this drug please realize you took a mediation your doctor said was safe....heck severe nausea and vomiting causes dehydration which is a leading cause of early miscarriages....so who knows if you haven't taken this med and the nausea and vomiting persisted you may have had a miscarriage and we wouldn't even be here.
What we do need is a push for research to be put all together and examined, and to see if a group lawsuit can happen against the drug company in order to help those of us with these medical issues...I know I'm lucky because I have an amazing husband who works hard and has decent health insurance...but still only 3 months into the calendar year we had already reached our out of pocket maximum for the year ($10,000) in medical bills. And a lot of the meds and test my doctors and specialists want done are not covered by insurance and the the prescription copays are HUGE. So we need moms pregnant back then who took this to get records to show they were on this med while pregnant and such.
Is the anyone taking the lead right now on trying to see about a lawsuit??
My mom took bendectin in the late 1970's when she was pregnant with my sister and me. My sister was born in 1n 1978 and my sister August the year before. My sister seemed healthy for the most part as a kid. I on other hand had a lot of health issues. At 5 years old I was diagnosed with epilepsy, at 7 with ulcerative colitis ( diagnosis later changed to Crohn's disease), nuerocardiogenic syncope as a teen, Arthralgia, asthma as a teen, now paradoxical atrial fib, endometriosis, GERD, Esophogitis , adenomyosis. I am anemic and nuetropenic a lot of the time, rhumatoid doctor just last week told me he really believes I have a second autoimmune disease and he is doing tests to confirm which one. I get constant UTI's, kidney infections. We went thru 3 fertility treatments to get pregnant. Thru IVF I got pregnant with twins. My daughter was born prematurely at 35 weeks, her twin died in utero at the end of the first trimester ( officially a miscarriage) . My daughter, who is 9, had has tonic clonic seizure, tenative crohns , GERD, Esophogitis, crohnic migrianes and she is being followed by cardiology because they suspect she has inappropriate sinus a tachycardia and worried she may be getting an arthymia.
My sister has infertility issues, an autoimmune disease, endometriosis, inappropriate sinus tachycardia...
As you can see we have a lot of medical problems. Some is linked with crappy genetics but we do suspect this medication our mom took caused or at least seriously contributed to some of the conditions. I know our mom feels guilt over this and we have told her there is no reason for her to feel guilty. So to any moms out there feeling guilt for taking this drug please realize you took a mediation your doctor said was safe....heck severe nausea and vomiting causes dehydration which is a leading cause of early miscarriages....so who knows if you haven't taken this med and the nausea and vomiting persisted you may have had a miscarriage and we wouldn't even be here.
What we do need is a push for research to be put all together and examined, and to see if a group lawsuit can happen against the drug company in order to help those of us with these medical issues...I know I'm lucky because I have an amazing husband who works hard and has decent health insurance...but still only 3 months into the calendar year we had already reached our out of pocket maximum for the year ($10,000) in medical bills. And a lot of the meds and test my doctors and specialists want done are not covered by insurance and the the prescription copays are HUGE. So we need moms pregnant back then who took this to get records to show they were on this med while pregnant and such.
Is the anyone taking the lead right now on trying to see about a lawsuit??
OMG, my daughter has not been able to carry a pregnancy. She had invetro several times, and had a miscarriage at about 6 weeks. I never thought this was related to anything I did; but I did take bendectin when I was pregnant with her. I could not keep anything down and started taking it when I was approximately 6 -8 weeks pregnant; I worked in the food industry and it allowed me to continue working. What can we do about this is there a pending law suit?
My son was born in 1979 and I was prescribed a medicine for morning sickness also. He was born with crossed eyes and a heart murmur. He was later diagnosed with ADHD and in his 20's was diagnosed schizophrenia affective, which is schizophrenia with bi polar. His life is a disaster.
I took Bendectin for nausea during my pregnancy in 1976. I have a son, now 38, and he has several issues that I never connected to this drug (didn't know there was a connection).....where was I and how could I have missed this....the first thing that happened was "placenta previa" at 7 months pregnant while carrying him. I was restricted to bed for the remaining term. He was diagnosed with ADHD at around 8 years of age. Then starting when he was a teen he had heart racing issues that we thought were caused from over exertion. In his early 30's after a hernia operation we were told he needed to see a cardiologist. He was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia and had it since he was a teenager. He had heart ablation for this and now he is symptom free. He also has extra teeth that have caused him a host of problems for years.
I was reading online about this drug Bendectin today and saw the birth defects it has caused. On that list are most of the problems my son has, from the my placenta tearing away from my uterus (placenta previa), to the supraventricular tachycardia, to the ADHD, to the extra teeth and many other problems both physically and mentally. He is super skinny at 6' and weighing only 120lbs (eats all the time) and also he is immature (don't know if this could be related) he still lives home, isn't financially responsible, (my fault). He is very intelligent, graduated high school, culinary school and took college courses but can't keep a job.
I am shocked to see a DRUG I chose to take rather than be nauseous during my pregnancy can cause most if not all of his problems.
I was reading online about this drug Bendectin today and saw the birth defects it has caused. On that list are most of the problems my son has, from the my placenta tearing away from my uterus (placenta previa), to the supraventricular tachycardia, to the ADHD, to the extra teeth and many other problems both physically and mentally. He is super skinny at 6' and weighing only 120lbs (eats all the time) and also he is immature (don't know if this could be related) he still lives home, isn't financially responsible, (my fault). He is very intelligent, graduated high school, culinary school and took college courses but can't keep a job.
I am shocked to see a DRUG I chose to take rather than be nauseous during my pregnancy can cause most if not all of his problems.
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