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Re: Robitussin DM (Dextromethorphan) Dangerous if used to GET pg?

From: offpill (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 6 Mar 2003 06:16:23 -0600 (CST)

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It sounds like the article was referring to an animal model to test the possible abnormalities that a drug, Robitussin DM, could cause. In this model they concluded that abnormalities did occur when the chickens ingested the drug during the development of their embryos. Often the drug doses they give during these animal trials are much higher than someone would normally take. Two things are different about your case (at least two things), you are not a chicken :-) and you took it prior to implantation and therefore before organ development had really gotten underway. One of the periods of highest sensitivity for an embryo is between 3 and 9 weeks AFTER ovulation, before that is considered the 'all or nothing' stage. So, no I don't think you taking Robitussin DM caused your son's hydrocephalus. However, I'm not a doctor.

Take care.

At Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Jody wrote: >
>I'm sitting here just freaked out! I took Robitussin DM back when I got
>pg with ds (almost 4). I received improper info from somewhere on the
>net that the "DM" was the kind I was supposed to use (now know this
>isn't right).
>
>I'm just so freaked because my son was born with hydrocephalus. My
>question is, I read that a PREGNANT woman taking dextromethorphan may
>(according to the chicken embryo study) be placing her baby in greater
>risk of birth defect, but when you use the stuff to GET pg, you use it
>before implantation even occurs (around ovulation). Can THAT really
>cause birth defects? How? Does it somehow pass through the cervical
>mucous and into the sperm's DNA or the egg?
>
>TIA,
>
>Jody

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