Reviewer: PatriciaASheek, 65-74 on Treatment for less than 1 month

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I was given Delalutin at 37 weeks pregnancy to stop false labor in 1975. I was working as a nurse assistant in an OB/GYN office on my feet all day putting up patients. I never should have been given the drug, I didn't ask for it, and my baby would have been born healthy even if I had had her that day at 37 weeks. This doctor was just "drug happy", but I worked for him so I felt ob ... Show Full Comment

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I was given Delalutin at 37 weeks pregnancy to stop false labor in 1975. I was working as a nurse assistant in an OB/GYN office on my feet all day putting up patients. I never should have been given the drug, I didn't ask for it, and my baby would have been born healthy even if I had had her that day at 37 weeks. This doctor was just "drug happy", but I worked for him so I felt obligated to take the drug rather than butt heads with him. Two days later there was no heartbeat. The drug was supposed to relax my uterus, but it had also relaxed my baby's heart. I carried for 2 more weeks, knowing the baby was dead, before delivering her stillborn. The next year another nurse assistant in the same OB/GYN office was given Delalutin by the same doctor, also in her last month of pregnancy. Her baby also was stillborn. I told the doctor's (there were 4 doctor's in the office, that I wanted the drug taken off the market so no body else's baby would be harmed by this drug. The drug was taken off the market and the PDR (Physician's Desk Reference for medications) STATED that the reason it was taken off the market was because of the high risk of stillborns. Several years later I had had 3 healthy children, had acquired an RN license and was working in another OB/GYN office. At that office a patient with a history of miscarriages came in and the doctor ordered Delalutin. I was floored because I knew it had been taken off the market. Come to find out, it was taken off the market for two years, which is the statute of limitations for lawsuit, and then it was put back on the market. I even read an account on Google where people had asked about why Delalutin had been taken off the market and the reply was that there had been no bad reviews or complaints about the drugs when they took it off the market and they brought it back because there was such a high demand for it. I wrote a blistering reply and it was ignored and deleted. Now I'm reading about all these other patients who had bad experiences with this drug. Drug companies don't care how many people are hurt by their drugs as long as they are making money.
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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Caregiver)

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Was given this drug in 1977 for prevention of miscarriage. Son was born with multiple abnormalities. Heart and Brain. My son died two years ago...deaf, wheelchair, no swallowing relfex, horseshoe shaped kidney, heart defect (2 open heart surgeries). All thought to be adverse effects of this drug. It was pulled off the market in 1977. Can't believe its back on

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Was given this drug in 1977 for prevention of miscarriage. Son was born with multiple abnormalities. Heart and Brain. My son died two years ago...deaf, wheelchair, no swallowing relfex, horseshoe shaped kidney, heart defect (2 open heart surgeries). All thought to be adverse effects of this drug. It was pulled off the market in 1977. Can't believe its back on
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Reviewer: pat50, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I was given injections to prevent miscarriage. Even though I gave birth at 7mos. I am thankful for this medication and the fact that I was able to have a healthy child even though he was still premature. He is now 33yrs. old this month.

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I was given injections to prevent miscarriage. Even though I gave birth at 7mos. I am thankful for this medication and the fact that I was able to have a healthy child even though he was still premature. He is now 33yrs. old this month.
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Reviewer: ceyawinyan, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I have had 17 miscarages before my first child.In 1975 my ob gave me weekly injections of this drug, to prevent me from miscarrying this child. He did this well into my 8 th month. My child was born with respitory distress so bad she almost died. My doctor after giving me this drug said it could cause my child to be born with both sex organs. He failed to tell me the side affects of the drug befor ... Show Full Comment

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I have had 17 miscarages before my first child.In 1975 my ob gave me weekly injections of this drug, to prevent me from miscarrying this child. He did this well into my 8 th month. My child was born with respitory distress so bad she almost died. My doctor after giving me this drug said it could cause my child to be born with both sex organs. He failed to tell me the side affects of the drug before giving it to me. I was one of the unforuntate ones who got this drug before they took it off the market. I hate the drug, my daughter has had nothing but health problems since she was born.
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Reviewer: ME, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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