Beth,
Did you catch the post from the woman who had less spacticity while
nursing. Sounds like a good area to investigate. Maybe hormones decsrease
spasticity??
Bobby
>Janet,
>I can't personally help you but, I can point to a source of more
>information if that helps. Medscape has articles on drugs and drug's effect
>on pregnancy. The URL is http://www.medscape.com
>I use it to research drug's effects on my patients.
>
>Elizabeth Thiers, OTR
>email: [log in to unmask]
>homepage: http://www.bv.net/~john/bethsot1.html
>
>----------
>> From: Janet Perkins Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Valium and pregnancy - anyone been there?
>> Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 7:48 PM
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I haven't been active at all, except for reading messages, for quite
>awhi=
>> le. =
>>
>> Let me do a brief re-introduction. I'm Janet Perkins Corbett, I've CP -
>> "mild-to-moderate", can walk, talk, and do all "msjor life functions".
>I=
>> 've
>> been married for a year and a half to a wonderful man named Kendall :)
>=
>> I'm
>> currently a grad student in (hopefully) my last semester. We are both
>38=
>>
>> years old. =
>>
>>
>> I take valium, and I used to take dantrium till my husband and I decided
>=
>> to
>> try and get pregnant. Docs said that there was no research on dantrium
>> relating to pregnancy, advised that I quit taking it, so I did. The
>> ill-effects were not nearly as bad as I thought they would be - quite
>> manageable most days. The valium is a more known medication, and there
>i=
>> s
>> research done on it. =
>>
>> *********
>> What I would REALLY like is to hear from women who have had babies while
>> taking valium throughout their pregnancy.
>> *********
>> Sometimes, according to the literature, a woman in labor will be givan
>va=
>> lium
>> to assist with labor. I don't know anymore about that aspect of it,
>thou=
>> gh.
>>
>> So, if you have had a baby, and take valium, or know someone who has,
>ple=
>> ase
>> reply, I really want to know more about this.
>>
>> Janet Perkins Corbett
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________________
>> More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at
>htt=
>> p://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail
|
