Terbutaline and Increased Heart Rate: What Users Say

• Chu...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 21, 2019

For Premature Labor "I was put on terbutaline for preterm labor at 27 weeks in 2005. Initially, it was a drip until I was discharged from the hospital at 33 weeks, at which point it was a terbutaline pump to be inserted in the thigh. The side effects for me (the mother) were a racing heart and jittery, shaking hands and extremities. I continued that regimen until 36 weeks. My daughter was born full term and seemed to be a typically developing child until puberty, at which point she was diagnosed with mental health issues, including ADHD and severe Oppositional Defiance Disorder. Those conditions do not run in our family and are not present in our other children."

• Lee...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 3, 2018

For Premature Labor "I was given this for preterm labor, and it made my heart rate go skyrocketing. I ripped off all the heart monitors and ran out of the hospital, all the nurses came and got me back in. Worst drug ever, and extremely powerful and scary."

• Reg...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 8, 2023

For Premature Labor "March 2001 - placenta previa pregnancy diagnosed at 17 weeks with hemorrhaging. May 2001 - pre-term labor began at 23 weeks gestation. Given terbutaline pump, patted on the head and sent home. Self-administered bolus injections as required by daily contraction monitoring (3x/day). Spent about 6 weeks in and out of the hospital between March and June to control labor and keep child in utero. My side effects? Racing heart, extremity shaking, unexplained high temperature. I ripped out the needle from my thigh at 36 weeks 0 days - and my son was born less than 12 hours later. Yes, meds worked. But... son developed normally, was a quiet/shy personality (which is fine for family). At age 20, became deeply depressed (unlike family and unlike this cheerful person). He committed suicide at 21. Related? Not sure. Additionally, I had a heart attack episode when son was 9 months. Doctors suggested it was exercise related. But I question that."