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Terbutaline Brain Damage Claims Lawyers

In Maryland, Washington, D.C.,
Pennsylvania, and Delaware

Your child could be suffering from severe brain damage
if you were given terbutaline (also known as Brethine
or Bricanyl) during your preterm labor. Studies done recently by Duke University Medical Center scientists indicate that when mother rats are exposed to terbutaline during their pregnancies, the terbutaline crosses the placenta and causes brain damage and cognitive deficits in the developing infant rat. (Because neonatal rats are at a stage of neurological development that corresponds to human fetal development, rat studies can show us what can happen in human development.)

The effects occurring in newly born infant rats include abnormalities in the:

• cerebellum (the part of the brain concerned especially with the coordination of muscles)
• hippocampus (the part of the brain responsible for learning and memory)
• somatosensory cortex (the part of the brain that conveys information about the state of the body and its immediate environment).

Your child's brain damage can be advanced even further as he or she grows older due to an increased sensitivity to the harmful affects of household chemicals and other environmental pesticides and pollutants.

If you were prescribed terbutaline (also known as Brethine or Bricanyl) for preterm labor, and your child has suffered brain damage, please contact us.

We represent children with brain damage in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Please email or call one of our terbutaline injury attorneys to schedule a free initial consultation and evaluation of your terbutaline brain injury case.