Yutopar Aka Ritodrine Experiences (Page 5)

My husband and I have had our daughter, which is now 30, tested for everything and the doctors can't seem to be able to give us a diagnosis, and things are not getting any better. My beautiful daughter has struggled and suffered so much and it breaks my heart to know that the Yutopar that was given to me, affected my baby. My daughter is the one who suffers from it on a daily basis. My second child is normal, and I did not take the drug while carrying him. I would really like to talk to all of you, something needs to be done to care for these kids that are now adults that can not cope. They sleep, eat, are extremely depressed, suicidal thoughts, learning problems, unable to conform to society, lies, bi-polar, anti-social, can't function in everyday life and with everyday problems.We need help. If anyone out there could possible contact me {edited for privacy}.

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Sorry, I dont have a link but you can google "New York Times article Ritodrine" it should come up. They never got back to me...as usual. Ive contacted many people including lawyers and FDA ,no reply ever!!

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Don't know how recent these posts are but I took Yutopar in 1991, in Canada where I live, when I was pregnant. My son is highly anxious and tells me he has "dark" days. I am so shocked stumbling on these posts and know in my heart that this is the reason why my son is the way he is. No - I am angry. What can we do?

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I wonder if it is too late and too complicated for a legal suit. One thing you can do for your son is get him some therapy with someone who specializes in mindfulness-based practices or to a mindfulness based stress reduction group. Very helpful for anxiety. Failing that, there is an excellent workbook called Mindfulness based Stress Reduction by Elisha Goldstein and a good book called Calming your Anxious Mind by Brantley. Good luck to you and your son. My son too has anxiety issues that may be related to taking ritodrine when pregnant with him in 85. All the best to you and yours.

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Hello people.
My Mother took this medicine During her pregnancy of me. Almost being Born at 26 weeks. So I consider i had a near death experience there. Pulled back into my body into life by Rithodrine. It is not easy. Being a child who wants to go back to the essence of life, being hold back in a body, in eathly existence by my parents, docters and Rithodrine . But hey! I suppose God wants me here. I can complain to docters, pharmacy. But this Will put me even more down. Having a near death experience at such early age makes you very sensitive. But in a society as we live in there is no place for this. And yes it is difficult experiening hell on this earth because children Born with near death experience have an open door to the astral worlds. And in this society this is considered as a mental disorder. While in more spiritual developed groups like indians, these children where guided and thought to navigatie through these realms to become seeers, visionairs, docters of the tribe. Spiritual development is very important in this case. To know there is love, light, God, angels and guides who can help is through hell. Back into the light. To be guided on this Path to the light, the get the teachings that are spiritually helping us. But in these Times the world lost this connection and are stuck in delusion of this world and lost connection to nature and the true nature of our existence on this earth. It is terrible to be Born here, being so sensitive with open doors to realms that average person has forgotten to exist. In a world where nature, the earth and people are being misused violently. It is difficult to stay sane... I am very happy to have found a spiritual school, natural medicine, my way to get to know the realms of the astral worlds through my studies. I decided to Make this sensitivity into a study. I found a way through spirituality, religion, to deal with the rollercoaster i am Born in. Still going up and down. But i learned to recognise the levels of existence and start to get well on my way to the light.
There is hope. A lot of hope. Rhitodrine children are not hopeless, forever broken. We need not to be fixed there is nothing wrong with us... We need trust, understanding surroundings and guidence through this sencitiviness, we need something to look out for, believe, love, light. See what I mean? Please leave a reply.

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I was on Yutopar in 1988 from mid-March until early June when my twin girls were born. I suffered post-partum toxemia, two grand mal seizures, and coded twice before I was given magnesium to bring about a chemical balance. I never suspected that Yutopar was possibly to blame. My daughters were born healthy but as teens began dealing with OCD, depressive disorder, anxiety, panic disorder, ADHD, and in the case of one, substance abuse. The girls are 27 now. One has but has been on paxil for 25 years and can't seem to get off of it. She was on Vyvanse for ADHD is now off of that, thank God. She has managed to be a productive adult. The other is on Lexapro and Wellbutrin and visits a therapist. She has not had good results to date and her life is not progressing. She is unable to keep a job; she is socially disconnected; she has depressive disorder and is a binge drinker. Now that I know the cause, I am seeking help for her.

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I was on yutopar in 1982 for pre term labor. My son who is now 33 had extreme problems his entire life. As a parent I tried Dr's, mental clinics, military like camps, numerous medications. He is now looking at life in prison for several charges. He has an extremely high pain tolerance, needs little sleep, can't function socially, could never keep a job due to rages. He started on substance abuse after we tried Ritalin because they said he had ADHD. I had him locked up so many times but no one could offer any diagnosis. Such a shame that it seems it's too late for him.
His older sister has no issues at all and has always led a normal life. What is there left to do?

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I'm so sorry to hear this so many of these adult children are locked up.... Many have committed suicide, in a lot that just walk the streets,, I guess we'll never know how many of these adult children are just lost forever. We as parents feel like we failed them in some way, but that's not the case you love your kids as much as you can you try to be a good kind decent parent do everything you can to protect them and it's just not enough. Even though I know we mothers are not to blame for the drug that we took because we wanted that child, we trusted people doctors & FDA that had no idea what this drug was actually capable of doing. I guess in this sense of reality they were playing God and because we follow their lead and paid a very high prices and our children paid an even higher price, for it in so many hurtful senseless ways. I wish I could find all of these kids but there is just no way I've tried everything I know to do, just got a letter back from a lawyer stating that the that the case it's just too old the child lived the drug did its job, if we had known when these kids were babies, when they were born we could have done something. It just didn't become a problem until they hit puberty and now we deal with the aftermath of the storm, we watch our kids suffer cry hurt. At this point all I can say is we as parents live the nightmare and watch it on a daily basis. I thank God this drug is no longer used in the United States it goes as far back as the 1960"s and was used until the 1990,s and some foreign countries still use this drug today..., if you are or thinking of taking this drug please give it a lot of thought read these post and understand what these parents are going through on a daily basis before you make the decision to take this drug. I thank all of you from the bottom of my heart, for sharing your stories, with this site I knew I wasn't alone. It has been a long road hard journey and I'll continue to walk this road until the end.

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This a link to the article that was in NYTimes in 1992 about the Canadian study of yutopar that showed the drug had no effect of keeping women from having a premature delivery. The results in fact showed that there was no difference in delivery dates of ones administered the actual drug versus a placebo. Except the fact that the ones who took the real drug had medical side effects. This was only a seven year study as well. Seven years seems a lil young to me to notice obvious mental or emotional side effects in children. As for all the posts of attorneys stating the the drug did as it said it would and the baby surviving. It seems according to the study it had nothing to with the drug as the other half that took placebos had the same effect, without the medical problems I might add.

nytimes.com/1992/07/30/us/drug-to-aid-birth-is-found-ineffective-and-risky.html

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Please keep me informed about any legal cases concerning Yutopar.

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My daughter is now 22. I took this medicine for 3 weeks twice daily to stop preterm labor. She has had the same emotional problems since she was little. She dies havecs diagnosis of Aspergers Autism and severe emotional disorders. Thanks for the confirmation, I thought it was just my child. If you need help in this matter I can get the records for your attorney. Email me at {edited for privacy} and I can forward all to your attorney.

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I need to link up with all of you as well.

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I was also given ritodrine in 1983 for premature labor with my daughter. She is now 31 and has had severe mental health issues as well as drug abuse. I always wondered about being on this medication both IV and oral. I know this discussion is several years old, but I'm hoping someone can help me and my daughter.

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Hi I posted some Posts About natural medicine that are of help in this case. I have the medicine damage muesli. See Posts below that i posted

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My son is totally off the hook! Ever since Kindergarten no.....preschool his behavior is unexplainable. I too was given Ritodrine. I was in the military at the time. The shakes from it were unreal. I was a young 1st time mom in Hawaii at Triplet Army Medical Center.
To see my son's behavior pattern look up Paranoid Personality Disorder. It describes him to a "T". He also has no conscience and when he does realize the error of his ways he will apologize but often it is short lived. It's like he can't control it. He's violent, uses substances, and is very selfish. He can't keep a job. I'm now hearing stories of him prostituting himself. It's crazy. My doses were from my 6th month till going into my 9th month. He was due end of September but came 6th September 1986. Everyone tries to lecture him talk to him reason with him but it falls on deaf ears. I know now in my heart it was this drug. Please help.

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I too was given ritodrine in 1988 every six hours for the last 4 months of my pregnancy. My son who is now 27 was diagnosed with Epilepsy and ADHD. He has had issues with depression and numerous social issues. Life has not been easy for us. Please let me know if there is a legal case. My son and every child and parent affected of this drug deserves justice.

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My cousin is an attorney near NYC. I shared this thread with her and asked if she could please help me find an attorney for a legal case. She specializes in senior citizens issues or I would have enlisted her help. I pray that she will find someone to help us and our children soon.

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Have you had any luck with acquiring an attorney? My daughter is a victim of this drug.

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I have 4 children, only my 2nd boy, now 32, had to be subjected to ritodrine. I made my life a mess during pregnancy also. My son has social issues and bi-polar bouts. If it was my parenting, all 4 would have difficulties. I can not give him back his years of suffering, and it's hard to watch his social and emotional anguishes now. If there is a legal case out there, I want us to be a part of it.

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My husband and I just recently decided to check the side effects to this drug that I was on for 10 weeks in 1988. My daughter was born in sept of 88. After finding this site and reading all the comments, we are angry and sickened by this. We were never told this was an experimental drug. We thought we were helping our daughter to go full term. We believed our doctor knew best. My daughter is 27 years old and has dealt with addictions, anxiety, sleep disorders, etc. It is a horrible battle each and every day. In some ways we have found relief to know that the cause has not been something we did. Although the drug is something we did. We are totally in for a legal suit shall it EVER come to be.

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