Talking Terbutaline

I took terbutaline in 1992. I had preterm labor at 24 weeks gestation. I used the pump. My son was born at 31 weeks. He had a wonderful and normal childhood. He is 16 years old and has been recently diagnosed with Bipolar and general anxiety disorder. I am devastated. I do not know if my taking terbutaline has a connection with my son's illness.

I have 16 year old twins and i took terbutaline for 3 weeks they have a host of LD.BE CAREFUL taking it,did it cause the LD...I don't know.

I am now 28 weeks - was given terbutaline at the hospital last week for pre-term contractions. The contractions eventually subsided after a few hours and 3 shots of terbutaline. I have continued to take the medication in pill form. Agree that it was making my heart race like crazy in the beginning, but now my body has gotten used to it (after a few days) - baby and everything checked out fine. Most importantly, the baby is staying in and healthy! :)

i am 36 weeks pregnant and was given terbutaline at the hospital for pre-term labor. i was also given a prescription for an oral dose every 4 hours. this drug makes me feel horrible. my whole body shakes, i can't sleep and i have been having trouble breathing. i ama single mother and have a two yr old and a 10 month old. as if taking care of them 36 weeks pregnant wasn't hard enough this drug makes me terrified to hold my son. my muscles are weak and tired and i am so nauseated i cant eat anything. i really dont recommend using terbutaline unless it is absolutely needed.

i know that there is some scary information out there about terbutaline - i have read ALL of it, and much of it while i was on the drug and in the hospital for a month and a half with pre-term labor. at 30 weeks i was put on very restricted bedrest, with 5 contractions per hour and my cervix 75% effaced. my fetal fibronectin tests continually came back positive. i took terbutaline in pill form, every 4-6 hours, for a month and a half. i was scared and had very intellectual discussions with every doctor at my hospital about my concerns, and they all believed it would serve me best to stay on the drug. having had asthma in early childhood and a high tolerance for caffeine, i actually had few problems on the drug at all. the speedy feeling never interfered with my sleep, my well-being, my ability to stay in bed happily. additionally, the baby didn't seeme to have any side effects from it in the womb. i once insisted that i go off of it for a day to see what would happen, and the contractions started immediately and progressed so quickly and rapidly, that they immediately gave me a shot to slow them until i could go back on the drug. i know the concerns, i've searched EVERY article on the internet, and in the end, i have a beautiful, smart, happy, normal, fun, energetic little toddler and that's my proof that i did what was right for us.