Long term effects on children whose mothers were given ritodrine during pregnancy?

I also took Ritodrine for pre term labour in 1990. I went into full labour at 25 weeks. Drs chose Ritodrene because they wanted to see if it worked. There was talk of ventolin, but that was ignored. I suffered far worse side effects than mentioned in any forum I have seen and had to be tied to the bed to stop me from convulsing off it. The effects were so bad my family and husband found it too traumatic to visit me. I spent two weeks like this until I was discharged from hospital and given tablets to continue until my pregnancy went full term.
I was given the drug first in drip form, then in tablet forum after. My premature labour began at 25 weeks. The end result being an induced labour at 38 weeks because my waters broke and nothing happened for 3 days.

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The effects on my daughter were more than profound. She suffered major sleep apneoa attacks and was blue constantly. I had to get a sleep monitor mat and this was used for 3 years before she eventually ceased with the breathing issues. SHe suffers from Von Willabrand syndrome. She is dyslexic and suffers from major hormonal problems including polycystic syndrome. She was in a size 2 until she reached the age of 9 then her body blew way out of proportion to become an adult size 14 within the space of a year with no diet changes.
She also was unable to keep any food down after the 2nd month of her life and spent most of her first year in hospital. I was branded a bad mother because she could not keep the weight on.
I would NOT recommend Ritodrene to ANYONE. I burned the name of that drug in my mind 21 years ago because the effects were So profound on me as a mother and my daugher, having to live through her traumas.
If there ever was a group who wanted a class action.. Count me in!!