Health Organizations Issue Warnings about Use of Terbutaline during Pregnancy

I went in to pre term labor at 25 weeks and was on magnesium in the hospital for a week and sent home on total bed rest and could only lay on right or left side. Spent 10 weeks on very high doses of subcutaneous terbutaline in my home. My son had either a stroke or seizure while with the nurses 45 minutes after birth, witnessed by my husband when his blood glucose dropped. I was only told they gave him glucose and fed him because of low blood sugar and low body temp. He was born at 37 weeks and was 6 pounds. He walked late at 16 months and was amazing with verbal and was very smart. I was told when he was 5 that he had been misdiagnosed. the doctors the Shriners brought here said he had Cerebral Palsy and left side hemiparesis. That explained why sports and anything he needed both left and right side for was a struggle. He was always hard to get him to focus and organized yet he was a very good reader and good with verbal. Once he went to college he really struggled and all the issues he was having ended up being Frontal to temporal lobe Epilepsy. The Neuro Psychologist said his issues were neuro based. He is 26 and still struggles. My question is. Why did they use that drug for 10 weeks at my home with a terbutaline pump when I could have stayed at the hospital on Magnesum if the FDA had sent out cease and desist letters by then? I did not know it was an off label use of the drug. I saw one of the letters by the FDA in 1991. He was born in 1990. I also saw a report from 1989 that said this drug caused hemiparesis in the babies. The FDA contacted me three times and wanted me to drag this all out when my son was ten. That was before I knew he was going to have struggles his whole life and before he was diagnosed with Epilepsy. When will they stop using this drug long term for pre term labor? I think there are way more issues with these children and many are adults now. No excuse that it took this long and they are still questioning. That is because it is cheaper to send moms home on this drug than keeping them in the hospital on magnesium. Shame on us all for not doing better research and really getting to the bottom of this.

I was diognosed with pre term labor with my son in Sept. 1990. At that time I was 26 weeks pregnant. I was prescribed Terbutaline by my doctor to be taken orally every four hours around the clock to stop the contractions. I was also on bedrest. My son was born on his due date in January 1991, a healthy 9 lbs. I, however, hemorraged after a having a cesarean birth. I almost lost my life and was diagnosed with Sheehans Syndrome after the birth. Apparently my body went into shock from the blood loss, and my pituitary gland died. I have been on cortico steroids everyday since.
My son, now 26, suffers from Crohn's disease and has skin problems. Can all this be caused from the Terbutaline? I have been reading the health problems on this blog, and they all seem to be similar.

I was diognosed with pre term labor with my son in Sept. 1990. At that time I was 26 weeks pregnant. I was prescribed Terbutaline by my doctor to be taken orally every four hours around the clock to stop the contractions. I was also on bedrest. My son was born on his due date in January 1991, a healthy 9 lbs. I, however, hemorraged after a having a cesarean birth. I almost lost my life and was diagnosed with Sheehans Syndrome after the birth. Apparently my body went into shock from the blood loss, and my pituitary gland died. I have been on cortico steroids everyday since.
My son, now 26, suffers from Crohn's disease and has skin problems. Can all this be caused from the Terbutaline? I have been reading the health problems on this blog, and they all seem to be similar.