Yutopar Aka Ritodrine (Page 5) (Top voted first)

This drug was used for women going into pre-mature labor. It was used to stop the contractions. Unfortunately it had major side effects on the babies. This was an experimental drug used from 1980 -1990 and was then discontinued. I was given this drug and my daughter was born 6 weeks early, had her by c-section. I begin to notice around 12 yrs old that problems were arising in her mental health, still not realizing that this drug played an important factor. I have found many women that this to has happened to, and I'm still looking for more families that this has effected. It is devastating and a nightmare for my daughter who is now 30 yrs. old. If you have any information I would really like to visit with you about your child. Thank you for reading this, we need to band together for our kids.

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So sorry, Mig. We all feel that pain. I wish someone in the medical profession would take up our cause.

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I was 16 and told I could never have kids, so I wanted this "happy accident" desperately. I thought I was saving him! I honestly thought I was saving my child and preserving what I thought was my only chance at motherhood. I can't say I'd trade my son for anything but the mental, emotional, and random health issues have often made me wonder if what I did was right and fair. My child has suffered his whole life and I can't help but feel guilty for every second of it I know it's not my fault... BUT IT IS! I wanted to save him but I feel as tho I ruined every chance he ever had. I'm 52 now... he's 35. I hope one day I can forgive myself but it gets harder every year as his breaks get worse. The greatest thing I've ever done and I failed my first try.

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My daughter is now 34, born 1988. She never consolidated sleep and has had a trigger-anger temper from day one. Could not be swaddled. Had to be carried slept for maximum 40 minute increments. Cried like a 4 year old at birth. I doted on her and she is VERY intelligent but struggles with mood symptoms and rage.

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How do we contact each other? I am very willing to come forward!!! I think if we publicize a legal action we will get many more people coming forward.

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I was given Ritodrine @ 30 weeks @Beth Israel Hospital in NYC. It stopped my labor, I didn't have any side effects. My daughter was actually 4 days late and I had induced but quick labor since I was already dilated and effaced. She was perfectly healthy except a little jaundiced. She has a 140+ I.Q.. She is the second of my 6 kids. She has allergies, excema, childhood asthma, but those are likely genetic. She had terrible impulse control and I took her to a Child Psychiatrist @ 10YRS. She is a Beautiful, Intelligent, Loving Mother of a Gorgeous, Intelligent, MOST LOVABLE PERFECT DAUGHTER! I was terrified!!!! I suffer from PTSD, (I was assualted, had a lot of TRAUMA since MY CHILDHOOD,)! I didn't have symptoms until she was 8. Anyway, she is a loving Mother & Motherhood has calmed her down. She had asked me about any TRAUMA that could of happened to her that she didn't recall. I told her about all the DRS. & that her Dermatoligist had prescribed Atarax for her itching because of her Ecxema. I told her to tell her Psychiatrist that her allergies caused her a lot of anxiety. I thought that her allergies, her not feeling good to actually SUFFERING, caused her "outbursts"? She did so well in HONORS CLASSES! She was on Atarax (HYDROXYZINE) all through Grade School. I don't know how she did it? She has very close siblings. My first daughter is 2.5 yrs older & my Boy/Girl Twins were born 16 months after her. No Preterm labor with anyone except my last daughter. I feel like I'm writing, telling too much? I will check back weekly to this page. If you want my info I will give it to you as soon as someone responds? I know this page is old? I will look for other Ritodrine pages. Thank You! I'm not going to tell her until I find out more about this. It seems all our Children have the same "Mental" side effect? Thank You again

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Awesome thanks... It helps to talk... Exchanging ideas does help... Support does help!

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I'm very sorry for your loss. I too find myself not knowing if today is the day I lose my daughter due to drug overdose or suicide. It's a very scary road we travel on 24/7. I thank God this was not passed on to other generations...I'm raising my grandson no signs or symptoms. I pray for all of you, children and parents, that walk the yutopar road with no happy end. Peace and love being sent to you.

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Lawyers won't help. We need a legal suit. We need Erin Brockovich.

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Also, when my daughter was born there was a knot in the umbilical cord. I'd never heard of this happening but the nurse said it was very rare and could cause problems. Just wondering if anyone else had this.

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Please share this thread on Facebook everyone! We need the exposure for our children and those who are unaware.

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J, you went into early labor at 11 weeks and you were kept on the drug throughout the remainder of your pregnancy? Where do you live? This drug was taken off the market in the United States over 26 years ago!

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I was given the drug for 1 week to stop preterm contractions when i was 11 weeks . I live in Guyana, South America.

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This drug has affected some many families... Is the seizures due from the drug you took the answer is yes... I would recommend that any future use of this drug not be used... We are trying to warn new mothers this is not a good outcome even though our babies survived they live in a dark place that no drug can fix. Good luck to you and your son.

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There are other people with similar stories about Yutopar/Ritodrine. There seems to be many children (now adults) that were affected by this drug taken for preterm labor. Many mothers of these children have not made the connection yet. I was on this drug with my youngest for premature labor, but was switched to Brethine after developing heart problems. I've also read horror stories about Brethine posted on these sites.

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In 1981, my wife was put on oral Yutopar for 10 weeks when she began pre-term labor at 26 weeks gestation. (Previously she had lost 3 pregnancies, including twins at 25 weeks. The twins were born alive, both very small, and both died in less than 24 hours.) At 36 weeks, the doctor ceased the Yutopar, and 6 days later my wife labored and gave birth to a girl who spent 4 days in NICU due to TTNB (transient tachypnea of the newborn). After release from hospital, our daughter had a healthy infancy and childhood. She grew up well advanced in learning and IQ, started reading at age 3, graduated HS and college with honors, earned a Masters degree in theology, and teaches in three languages (plus Anglo-Saxon) at a classical Christian school. At age 35, she has never shown any signs of developmental delay of any kind, physical, mental, emotional, or psychological.

After losing four children to pre-term labor, we saw Yutopar as part of God's answer to our prayers. Though the temporary side-effects my wife suffered were many, we considered them minimal compared to the opportunity to actually bring a child home from the hospital.

All this having been said, we grieve deeply for those (apparently many) whose children have been adversely affected by this drug, and all the more so in view of the entire lack of problems our daughter experienced. May God bless and give grace to you all.

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Doctor John, you are the first person I have ever heard without a complaint about Yutopar. Your daughter truly sounds like she was a blessing from God. You speak of her as any very proud father would. Her list of accomplishments were impressive. You mentioned a "few' side effects of the drug your wife may have suffered, but they were all worth it because the result was your beautiful daughter. It's good to have at least ONE happy ending for one woman who had taken Yutopar. :)

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The problem is there is so little information out there. I was living in China where it is still widely used. I was given it in 2011 in IV form at the highest possible dose for 24 hours/day for several weeks. Do you have a list? What did you start to notice? I sometimes think my daughter is a bit autistic and I get asthma symptoms occasionally but never did before 2011. Thanks :)

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Wondering how many (if any) of these young adults have had brain imaging done? MRI, SPECT scan, PET scan? If so, anything unusual found? A spot was found on my son's MRI. Doctors didn't seem concerned, although they couldn't explain what caused it or how long it's been there. If there are others that have had imaging done and results found anything unusual, please let us know. This may be a way of connecting Yutopar to the hell our children have suffered.

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I have a 29 year old with mental health issues, also used ritodrine for pre-term labor.

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Thank you for the work and time put into finding the University. I asked my sons' psychiatrist to do a little research on Yutopar, with the hopes that he could find a connection with some of his other patients in that age group. If possibly their mothers used Yutopar as well. He said he would, seemed sincere, but next visit he brought it up and said he hadn't had a chance to do it, but assured me that he would. Been back a couple of times since then and it wasn't mentioned. So...I guess it wasn't important enough to spend time on.
Am I nuts to think that psychiatrist would be interested in finding out if any of their other patients that are in that age group with similar symptoms are suffering from the effects of this drug? I've told every "professional" that he has seen about taking Yutopar during preterm labor and not one has taken it seriously, except this doctor, I thought.
My son continues to get worse every day. No luck with medications so far. I'm terrified that he'll give up and hurt himself. The psychosis is slowly killing him internally. I've only seen psychosis mentioned in a couple of posts on here, so that must not be a common symptom. He is also suffering from severe depression, anxieties, body pains and many of the other symptoms that others are experiencing. We need someone to take our concerns about this drug seriously.

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