Bendectin And Birth Defects (Page 33)

I took this drug in the 1970's while pregnant. Am looking for the side effects to the babies. Drug has been off the market for many years. Not sure on correct spelling. Used for nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Thank you for any help you can send me. Sincerely, Dana.

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Hi Saint Biscuit. You can't be a retard because you have not been backward in coming forward. You might like to have a read of the *Dunning-Kruger effect* at your leisure. When you were a kid you may've been a victim of the "Tall Poppy Syndrome", because your giftedness made other kids feel inferior. Some folk just don't recognize genius because they're bereft of even a modicum of nous. One thing I can tell you about genius is that it likes company, believe me! All the very best to you for 2017 & way beyond from Perth, Western Australia...the City of Light.

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My wife just found out her mom took Bendectin in 1970. She is 45 now. This explains all her pain and suffering through the years. Multiple surgeries both wrists both shoulders triple neck fusion, degenerative spine disease, nausea growing up, can't have children, social anxiety, bowel problems, migraines, bloody nose. List goes on. We need any information of any legal cases still out there.

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i took bendictin in 1969 and my son is 48 now, he has very low self esteem and has a problem trying to get jobs, can't seem to do an interview, only has gotten jobs by others getting them for him - was in reading lab thru 8th grade and finally was able to read very slowly - he's very good at mechanics -

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I was prescribed Debendox for severe nausia and the fact that I was losing weight and not putting it on as normally expected. My daughter was born in August 1976. Within two weeks she was rushed into hospital where she was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect then called Wolfe Parkinson White Syndrome her little heart was beating at over 300 beats per min. The doctors said that fibers from the bundle of hiss had grown too long. I was told that after the birth the midwife suggested that I was a fussing new mother but I knew there was something wrong. She also had a deformity to her sternum where the bones had not fused completely leaving her with a hole at the base

My daughter was teased at school about the deformity in her sternum but then children will be children. She continued on daily medication for the heart condition for over 5 years. She did on several occasions show some symptoms i.e. very grey lips and fast heartbeat, even after the medication was withdrawn.

At the age of 25 she was diagnosed with cancer (Hodgkins) which thankfully was 'cured' she is now 40 years old. She has had 5 pregnancies one being a miscarriage of the other four one has been diagnosed with Autism and one had febrile seizures and muscle weakness. Not sure if any of these can be attributed to the genes of their mother and her problems after I was prescribed Debendox. Hope this proves helpful to others who have never been able to tell their experiences.

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I to was prescibed benedectin while i was pregnant with my first child in 1974 I was always nauseated throwing up all the time. This went on thru out the entire time i was pregnant. I was loosing weight rather than gaining. When i would tell the doctor how i was feeling he wouldnt say anything but "see you next month." I was still wearing my clothes i had from before i got pregnant when i went into labor and went to hospital then nurses were lifting up my blouse looking for my stomach they couldnt believe i was pregnant but i was. I was in labor15 hours before they decided to do a C section on me. The baby had the umbellical cord around his neck 3 times. When he was born so tiny 5lbs 3 ounces the doctor told me he was born with 2 holes in his heart and wanted to do open heart surgery on him I said no he is too tiny. So they waited untill he was 4 yrs old . During the first yrs he was in and out the hospital he suffered much from diarreah he started ealking at 14 months and suffered a lot with passing out he would tire easily. He is 42 yrs old now and still has that problem on top of schizophrenia that he developed as an adult. He is not able to care for himself he grew up with learning disabilities all his life suffered a lot in school with kids making fun of him he had special education thru out his school years and thru it all he was able to graduate his 12th grade He had a heart pacer at 17 yrs old . He kept fainting at school and the doctor felt he needed the pacer.I could tell you so much more but im sure for now you can only imagine how life for him and i has been.He is totally dependant on me.

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I took the drug Benedectin in 1979 my daughter suffers from all kinds of things and i still to this day blame myself for taking this medicine . I would love to talk to people who took this drug and see what their experiences are with the effects. She had learning disabilities ,had Duanes syndrome the nerve from her eye to her brain was underdeveloped, has severe ear problems wears hearing aids in both ears ,found out in her 20's she has beginnings of glacoma. would love to hear from others with similar effects.

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I took bendectin during my first and second pregnancy. Miscarried at 3 and a half months with the first one in 1979; pregnant with a second baby in late 1979 with full term delivery in August 1980. I had a son..soon as we got him home non stop crying..no sleeping all night till the second baby came in May 2002. First one has learning disabilities. Severe ADHD, anxiety, OCD, bipolar. Very unhappy still today and will be 36 this year. Has no worries about the outcome if his actions, makes snap decisions without considering the end result. Has been a drug addict since age 16 with multiple arrests, stents in hospital and drug rehab w/o long term sobriety being obtained. Multiple suicide attempts. I have always known from day 1 of taking him home that there was something horribly wrong, we could not enjoy him as a baby nor as an adult due to all the issues. Afraid of what he will become if I die before him. Have huge fear he will die of an overdose. I love him very much but have never believed he was ok.

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I took it in1982 as well. I lived in Oklahoma City. My son has irregularly shaped hip bones and extra bones protruding from his feet. No family history of this either.

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I have four children born in 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1981. I took Benedictin only during the pregnancy for my second child. She was born with congenital heart defects. Her open heart surgery was at 4 months at Columbia Presbyterian Babies in New York with Dr. Fred Bowman.

She is now 40, and over the past several years has had continuous issues of exhaustion which has now been attributed to her heart. She will have another open heart procedure in the next months to correct the inadequacy in her circulation.

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My daughter also has a deformed uterus and gave birth to a premature baby ads a result. Please keep me in the loop if you hear anything.

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I took this drug with my first child in 1975-1976. I lost him to a complete irruption of the placenta when a drunk driver hit me killing my child at 38 weeks and almost killing me. I also took this drug in 1977-1978 and had a healthy baby girl except for a very large birth defect which had to be removed on her arm. I distinctly remember after being pregnant the third time in 1981-1982 and being extremely ill, I was spending a great deal of time in the hospital unable to eat or stay hydrated.

I was told that this medication was still available in Canada, which the border was about 20 miles from my home. I refused to go to Canada to get a medication that could be dangerous to my child and rode out the pregnancy. I delivered a little girl who is now a pharmacist and has a 3 year old girl and newborn son of her own. No regrets!

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I know this is nothing close to enough; however I wanted to reach out and tell you Ada that I care! I took this horrible drug and although I have a daughter that suffers some problems they are not nearly what you are going through. May God bless you and your dear son.

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I took the drug while pregnant in 76. My daughter had early stages of cervical cancer, same as I did at age 29. My mother took the same drug. I know there was a major legal case but was not informed about it in time.

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The message is for any woman who have taken the medication Bendectin for nausea and vomiting during their pregnancies and have concerns about their children.As an ex associate professor of medicine from Canada with 42 years experience I have accumulated a large data on this medication.After those many years I am currently analyzing the data and your contribution would help shed some light on this medication.

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My daughter was born with deformed tear drop shaped pupils and later, when she gave birth to a premature baby , we discovered she had a bicornuate uterus. I would like to know if there are others who took this drug with similar problems.

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I took Bendectin in 1974 into 1975 with my first daughter. She is a mother of 2 girls, a college graduate with a very demanding job. However, she has severe thyroid issues which she took oral radiation pills for and has exczema which is under control with occasional flare ups. I don't know if this has anything to do with the Bendectin. My morning sickness and nausea were so severe that I could not gain weight. At the time, it was a miracle drug to me and I trusted my Doctor.

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when i was pregnant i had a horrible experience due to the meds, vitamins prescribed by my Doctor. I remember when i first started taking the pills i was constantly throwing up nauseated all the time couldnt hold any thing i ate down.I was fine untill i started taking my pills. I was only 17 yrs.old at the time i didnt know how i was suppose to feel being pregnant for the first time.i just wanted to have a healthy baby .I never wore maternity clothes because i never gained any weight, i lost weight from throwing up all the time thru out pregnancy. Finally i went into labor prematurely they said. I was in labor from 12:00am---3:20pm and had a cesarean section, the umbelical cord was tied around babys neck 3 times and the baby had 2 holes in his heart. I was devastated by the news, Doctor wanted to operate on him but i told him no the baby was so tiny. So it was put off untill he got a little bigger and stronger. For the next 4 yrs my son was in and out the hospital with diarreah he was in the hospital more than at home. Finally i just stopped giving him the formula and giving him milk with bananas and cereal and he was fine no more having to go to hospital. He started to take his first steps on Febuary 13,1976 his growth development was slow he although he was very active he would suddenly tire off and would get very pale to purple sweating and faint this went on on a daily basis after he turned 4 yrs old Dr.Popper decided it was time to have open heart surgery to close the 2 holes in his heart. They fixed the problem with his heart but another one came up while he was operated on . One of his lungs was poked so now he would continue to tire easilly as well as pass out .. He had special ed through out his school yrs. He encountered a lot of bullying. because he had severe allergys and his chest would stick out a lot from the operation the kids would call him alien with 3 titis green acres. all sorts of names.emotionally and physically mentaly abuse. He got thru it all with help from the teachers and me to where he graduated his 12th grade and got his diploma but declined to go to college he felt he could not take any more cruelty from his peers. 7yrs.ago he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. and 3 days ago had another procedure to replace battery on pace maker that was put in at thr age of 17 yrs. while he was in high schoolby same Dr. Popper in San Francisco Ca.

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I took Bendectin in 1979 during my pregnancy with my daughter. I would have been sick and vomiting throughout my pregnancy if I had not stayed on that medication to the very end. I am not a good medicine taker and tried to not take it periodically, thinking I needed to give my body a chance to see if it could complete the pregnancy without any meds. That did not work! I took it until the day I delivered my baby girl. My daughter was born January 1980 with absolutely no problems. She is 37 and has never had any issues that I would suspiciously relate to the drug. In 1983, I was given the drug once again for constant sickness and vomiting during my pregnancy with my son. I literally took one dose before the doctors office called back to tell me to STOP taking it. I'm assuming it was taken off the market at that time. Needless to say, I did not take anymore! Crazy thing was my son was born with an extra finger which was immediately taken off right after delivery. I find it difficult to think I took it every day with my daughter and she was perfectly fine, even to this day; and I take one pill and my son is born with an extra finger. I do not believe the drug had any effect on the birth of either of my children, not even my son. But I do believe more research needs to be done on ANY medication ingested if one is pregnant. Just my thoughts.

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Buiscut: You just posted a perfectly-worded and punctuated 6-paragraph letter which expressed your feelings and showed insight into others' behaviors. You are neither a retard nor as "messed up" as you seem to think you are. You are demonstrating good analytical skills, appealing to others to think objectively, and you obviously learned English composition and proper grammar very well in school. Your penchant for listening to death metal shows nothing abnormal; if millions of other fans didn't buy and listen to it, it would not be available on the radio today. Depressed you might be, and concern for your future is evident in your 'tone'. But you sell yourself short when you claim you can't do simple electronic games, but sit down at a computer and hammer out a brief post which astutely describes your inner feelings. I suspect you have a lot more going for you than you give yourself credit for. And don't "chase" love; you can only find it by being yourself. If it takes a while to reach you, you will appreciate it that much more when you get it.

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My daughter had extra toes and malformed thumbs but they're the least of her problems.

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