Posted on 01/02/2022 8:57:34 PM PST by algore
Generations of women last night demanded an urgent inquiry into a drug they call the 'silent Thalidomide'.
A synthetic oestrogen known as Diethylstilbestrol (DES) was given to pregnant women to prevent miscarriage – and to dry up breast milk. But it has since been linked to a raft of health conditions including cancer, infertility and early menopause.
A Daily Mail investigation today lays bare the devastating impact of this little-known drug which has ravaged the bodies of three generations of British women since 1940.
Marion McMillan, 73, was given DES 50 years ago to dry up her breast milk after she was forced to give up her baby for adoption. The mother-of-three now has terminal cancer.
She said: 'I think it's worse than Thalidomide because your subsequent children and grandchildren could be affected.'
Incredibly, DES is still used to treat prostate cancer and post-menopausal breast cancer. MPs and victims last night called for an investigation into DES and a public awareness campaign to identify victims.
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But just trust us.... this experimental jab is perfectly safe.
for later
But the world population just keeps growing and growing. Now there are 8 Billion of us. Just 100 years ago it was less than 3 Billion?
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/medical-treatments/des-exposure.html
“Other than in a rare clinical trial, DES is no longer available in the United States for use in humans.”
Need to be careful not to confuse people about synthetic vs natural estrogen. 30 years ago the dangers of synthetic E were well known. Natural estrogen was and I believe still is an important treatment to prevent miscarriage in women with low estrogen. When I researched it at the time the only effect of natural E was the children tended to have slightly higher IQ. My daughter would never have been born alive without natural estrogen supplements.
Why are you for science? You won’t be popular that way.
You don’t seriously think every woman on the planet took this
I am a DES baby. When I was in my twenties I got a very strange call. We had known my mother was given this drug during pregnancy but what we didn’t know that her OB-GYN for me prescribed it more than any other doctor in this country. In Lincoln, NE.
So I was exposed to it at 5 weeks in utero how did I find out? That strange phone call was that doctor’s office tracking down all former patients to inform them.
The drug was given to women threatening to miscarry. My mother NEVER had any such issues. This doctor just gave it routinely. So my older brother, me and my younger sister were all exposed. We all had issues reproductively and other things I believe can be directly traced. I won’t go into detail. My brother and sister were able to have children but not without some very serious scenarios.
So anyone who doesn’t think this was a big deal think again.
They were having to remove vaginas surgically in some young women. It appeared to affect girls worse but it affected boys too. Trust me I’ll never forget the terrible guilt my mother went through for something she wasn’t even consulted for in being given that drug. And the fear we all went through for years.
At least the doctor’s office called patients to inform them.
26 years later.
My mother only knew it was given with my little sister but then we found out worse it was for me and my brother and for me way earlier in utero.
26 years after the fact isn’t heroic. It was something else.
My mom was given something to dry up her breast milk after she had me. She said it didn’t work either.
She died of breast cancer that metastasized when she was in her mid 60’s and I always wondered if there was a connection, because I’m pretty sure they did it for all five of her pregnancies.
Since I’m the oldest, it would not affect me, but it may my sisters. They never had kids, though so any damage done would be limited.
Some people don’t think. Seriously.
You should know that fifty years ago there was no such thing as gene therapy.
My guess is it wasn’t altruism; it wss probably legally required.
DES was given to pregnant women until 1971. The medical community wasn’t aware of the side effects until some women who were in utero when the DES was administered, started developing a ‘new’ cancer called Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma.
I worked in a large teaching hospital in the late 70s-early 80s, where a research project was started in the Cytology Lab to study DES daughters.Then it was discovered that DES sons were at higher risk for prostate and testicular cancer. So DES sons started being checked earlier.
Please know that the risk was not known when the DES was given. When it was discovered that there were side effects for the children, the drug was abandoned for the use in pregnant women. If you check, I’m sure you can find research projects at various hospitals, where you can be followed closely. Prayers for your health.
Bump to try to analyze later.
Or maybe they just wanted to believe it to escape the inconvenience of breastfeeding.
My ex had this given to her after our first two babies. She had menopause at 35.
My mom told me she wanted to nurse but the doctor said to her “You’re not going to breast feed, are you?!”
And she caved.
I can’t help but wonder how much of my food allergy issues I am dealing with at this point, are connected to that decision. I don’t blame her. She did what she thought was best and didn’t know any better. But I made darned sure I breastfed my kids and while they have some allergies, none of them are dealing yet with the degree of it that I am. However, at their age, I wasn’t either. It’s only as I got older that it really became a problem.
I nursed my kids for a long time, too. Well past the 4 months before introducing solid foods the medical community advocated. The doctor kept telling me they were doing well on solid food and I’d just smile and nod.
They started on solid food when they could pick it up and put it in their mouths themselves, just about the time teeth were starting to come in. I figured that was naturally the appropriate timing.
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