Re: Rh negative and rhogam

[Guest guest]

There are rhogam shots without mercury but you have to ask. Usually the

mercury free shot is quite a bit more expensive. I would ask your daughter to

check with the person who injected her as to its mercury content. Maybe you

could

do this after the birth....no need to upset her now....does she know not to

get the hep B at birth?

All the best,

" Parents should decide through informed choice, which vaccines if any should

be

given to their children "

Vaccine Information or vaccinetruth.org

[Guest guest]

<<I'm from Missouri and I'm very upset by some information I found

on the internet last night.>>

Hi ,

I'm and Rh Neg. I've received the Rhogam shot 6 times

(during and after each pregnancy), I didn't know any better at the time.

I don't know if there is a version of the shot out there without

thimerasol or not, someone else will have to answer that one. If you

makes you feel any better my oldest was dx'd with Type 1 Diabetes but

none of my girls have any learning problems. Actually they are all too

damn smart for my own good. :-) This does not guarantee that your

grandchild will not have any problems with it, but there are a lot of

kids out here that survive their parents ignorance. ;-) I do mean

that in the nicest way. I didn't even think about not vaccinating until

a friend of mine told me about it while I was pregnant with my third.

Yes, I think it's possible, if not probable, that my oldest daughters

vaccines had something to do with her Type 1 Diabetes.

Ohio

)0(~~~)0(~~~)0(

Mom to Brittany, born 8/31/93, dx'd-IDDM 5/28/01; , born 6/28/97;

and Shayna, born 6/1/00.

Vaccine free since 1999! See our site and get more vaccine info at

http://www.loonatics-fringe.com

For Ohio specific Vaccine Info - http://groups.msn.com/OhioVaxInfo/

[Guest guest]

At 06:41 PM 11/02/2004 -0000, you wrote:

>

>

>Hi,

>

>I'm from Missouri and I'm very upset by some information I

>found on the internet last night. My daughter is RH negative and so

>is her twin brother (neither I or my husband are). She told me she

>had to get a shot because of this which I was ignorant about. I

>didn't think anything about it as I figured the doctor knew what he

>has doing. I guess that was a wrong assumption. I don't know what

>this shot was, but by what I read last night I assume it was a rhogam

>injection. Now I read this has thimerosal in it - very upsetting.

>Does anyone know if all rhogam injections have thimerosal or only

>certain brands? I haven't brought this up to her as I don't want to

>upset her, she is due in 2 weeks. Should the baby be tested for

>mercury and by what method if so? I'm very mad about this. It seems

>this might cause autism. She didn't eat fish or have the flu shot

>because of mercury and I have her thinking of not vaccinating and now

>this. I don't know how to proceed from here and what to do with the

>informtion I have.

>

Sorry to say most Rhogam has mercury unless ask for non-mercury and to give

RHOGAM during pregnancy, mercury or not is criminal. I'll send info I have

written.

It is all so sick

Sheri

--------------------------------------------------------

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Classical Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Nevada City CA & Wales UK

$$ Donations to help in the work - accepted by Paypal account

vaccineinfo@... voicemail US 530-740-0561

(go to http://www.paypal.com) or by mail

Vaccines - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccine.htm

Vaccine Dangers On-Line course - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccineclass.htm

Homeopathy On-Line course - http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/homeo.htm

ANY INFO OBTAINED HERE NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS MEDICAL

OR LEGAL ADVICE. THE DECISION TO VACCINATE IS YOURS AND YOURS ALONE.

******

" Just look at us. Everything is backwards; everything is upside down.

Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy

knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information

and religions destroy spirituality " .... Ellner

[Guest guest]

Mercury in Plasma-Derived Products

[Thimerosal in Vaccines]

The EPA has raised concerns regarding mercury exposure. These

concerns have been in the context of chronic exposure to methyl

mercury in milligram amounts. In contrast, blood plasma-derived

products (except anti-venoms) containing ethyl mercury are usually

given as one or two injections. Furthermore, the ethyl mercury

content of these products is in the form of a preservative,

thimerosal, which breaks down to form ethyl mercury in microgram

amounts.

In the past, plasma-derived products made in multiple-use vials,

e.g. Immune Globulin (Human), used for Hepatitis A prophylaxis,

contained a preservative, such as ethyl mercury-containing

thimerosal, to avoid contamination. This type of multi-dose

presentation has been discontinued for all licensed plasma

derivative products.

Rho (D) Immune Globulin (Human) products -

RhoGAM, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc

BayRho, Bayer Corporation

WinRho, Cangene Corporation

RhoGAM, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc [licensed 1968]

On April 16, 2001, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics was approved by FDA to

produce RhoGAM without thimerosal, and at that time, Ortho agreed to

distribute only thimerosal-free product to the US market. The

product has a 2-year dating period, so there is no longer any RhoGAM

that contains thimerosal that is still in-date.

The following information does not apply to any RhoGAM product

currently on the market, but is provided to allow interested

individuals to estimate the ethyl mercury content of any RhoGAM

treatment that might have been administered in the past, when the

thimerosal preservative was still a component of that product.

RhoGAM is manufactured in two doses only: the standard dose of " 300

micrograms " of anti-D, and the micro-dose of " 50 micrograms " of anti-

D. The fill volume for both the standard dose and micro-dose

products is typically between 0.6 and 0.8 mL. Preservative-

containing RhoGAM contained thimerosal at 0.003%, or 30 micrograms

per milliliter. Thimerosal is about 50% ethyl mercury by weight.

Hence, a patient who had received a dose of RhoGAM (0.7 ml on

average) would have received 10.5 micrograms of ethyl mercury.

There are three indications for which an Rh-negative pregnant woman

would receive a significantly larger dose of RhoGAM: a fetal-

maternal hemorrhage early in the pregnancy, a fetal-maternal

hemorrhage greater than 15 ml of Rh+ red cells, and an Rh+

transfusion. In the first case, a single 300 microgram dose of

RhoGAM, is recommended at 12-week intervals. For the second two

indications, a procedure exists by which to determine the dose of

RhoGAM required, based on the amount of Rho+ red cells in the

maternal circulation: the Kleihauer-Betke elution test (see the AABB

Technical Manual, 13th ed., pp. 507-8.) The total dose of mercury

that would hve been received can be calculated by multiplying the

number of RhoGAM syringes administered by 10.5 micrograms.

BayRho, Bayer Corporation [licensed 1971]

The Bayer Corporation makes a Rho (D) Immune Globulin product

(BayRho) which in the past contained thimerosal; this product has

been manufactured without preservative since 1996, so that no in-

date BayRho contains thimerosal. Regarding the previously

distributed product, the volume of a single dose of the Bayer

product was approximately 0.7 ml. The thimerosal concentration was

0.01%, so the total mercury in a single dose would have been

approximately 35 micrograms of ethyl mercury.

WinRho SD, Cangene Corporation [licensed 1996]

The Cangene Corporation makes a freeze-dried Rho (D) Immune Globulin

Intravenous (WinRho SD); this product has never contained a

preservative.

http://www.fda.gov/cber/blood/mercplasma.htm

I did a little study on mothers who were injected with mercury via

rhogam or the flu vaccine, These mothers have severly disabled

children. NOT ALL RHOGAM contains mercury! In some cases its been

mercury free since 1996. So the best way to find out how TOXIC

mercury is, Look at all the mothers who have been injected prior to

1996 and see what the outcome is!

I had Rhogam while I was pregnant with my second child, and had

another one after giving birth while breastfeeding, I did not work,

I dont eat fish, and had four filling in my mouth. My sons mercury

level at age 6 months old was 13.78mcg this is for a 17 lb infant.

I met a woman who has a niece with Retts, her sister had the Flu

Vaccine during pregnancy, she had her daughters hair tested for

mercury it was 14.8mcg.

Donna

>

> Hi,

>

> I'm from Missouri and I'm very upset by some information I

> found on the internet last night. My daughter is RH negative and

so

> is her twin brother (neither I or my husband are). She told me

she

> had to get a shot because of this which I was ignorant about. I

> didn't think anything about it as I figured the doctor knew what

he

> has doing. I guess that was a wrong assumption. I don't know what

> this shot was, but by what I read last night I assume it was a

rhogam

> injection. Now I read this has thimerosal in it - very

upsetting.

> Does anyone know if all rhogam injections have thimerosal or only

> certain brands? I haven't brought this up to her as I don't want

to

> upset her, she is due in 2 weeks. Should the baby be tested for

> mercury and by what method if so? I'm very mad about this. It

seems

> this might cause autism. She didn't eat fish or have the flu shot

> because of mercury and I have her thinking of not vaccinating and

now

> this. I don't know how to proceed from here and what to do with

the

> informtion I have.

>

> This is one of the articles I read:

>

> http://www.vaccinetruth.org/rhogam.htm

>

>

>

>

> Rhogam and Pregnancy Stealth Mercury Assault

> By C. Marini, D.C., PhC

>

> There have been far too many moms at my seminars the last 3 months

> reacting with alarm, surprise and anger to my cautioning them

> regarding giving Rhogam during pregnancy. As you can guess, these

> moms received the rhogam injections during their pregnancy and are

> now caring for neurologically injured children. They were never

aware

> that these shots could be harmful to their fetus. It is

frightening

> to contemplate how many mothers are getting these shots while

> pregnant without realizing the potential for fetal neurological

> damage. What's the deal?

>

> Rhogam is a human gamma globulin (antibodies) directed against the

Rh

> positive factor of blood. It is given to Rh negative mothers who

give

> birth to Rh positive babies. The shot is designed to prevent these

> moms from becoming sensitized to the baby, rh+ blood. Once the mom

> becomes sensitized to this rh factor, there is the possibility of

> mom's immune system destroying the red blood cells of her next

child.

> Historically, babies born after mom's immune system destroyed

their

> blood cells acquire hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN). 1

These

> babies require exchange transfusions after they are born. Such

> transfusions can now be done in utero.

>

> To prevent rh- moms from becoming sensitized to baby rh+ blood.

> Rhogam is usually given within 72 hours after the birth of the rh+

> baby. 2 There is a likelihood of baby blood, only 15 ml is needed,

> mixing with mom's blood during the birth process when the

placental

> membrane breakdown. During pregnancy there is no mixing of

mother's

> blood with baby blood. Giving mom rhogam after the baby's birth is

> sufficient to reduce the risk of HDN in her next child to about 1-

2%.

> Rhogam is also indicated if the mom has an abortion, either

natural

> or induced, or has abdominal trauma or an amniocentesis. Giving

> rhogam during pregnancy can reduce the risk of HDN by less than

1%. 2

> It is doubtful that the slight benefit acquired by giving rhogam

> during pregnancy outweighs the risks to the fetus from the

injection.

>

> So what is the problem with giving the rhogam during pregnancy?

The

> standard rhogam preparations contain the mercury compound,

> thimerosal. We commonly link this preservative with vaccines.

Rhogam

> is a type of vaccine but not a vaccine directed against an

infectious

> disease. The PDR cautions that the use of rhogam during pregnancy

can

> have adverse effects on the fetus, 2. The high mercury content of

the

> rhogam preparation can have serious neurological consequences on

the

> developing fetus. Hair analysis of unvaccinated children born from

> mom's injected with rhogam demonstrate the presence of mercury. It

is

> essential that these babies seek appropriate medical care to

chelate

> and remove this mercury as soon as possible. How many babies have

> suffered permanent damage due to mercury toxicity from this desire

to

> reduce the risk of HDN by less than 1% by injecting pregnant

mothers?

>

> How do we avoid damaging these children? First, mom's should

question

> the rationale for injecting them while pregnant. Second, if rhogam

> administration during pregnancy is absolutely necessary then mom's

> should demand mercury free rhogam. Many moms report to me that

their

> physicians blow them off when confronted with the request for

mercury

> free rhogam or say that such a product is not yet available. The

> reality is that mercury-free rhogam is available in this country

from

> Bayer Pharmaceuticals under their product name of BayRoh-D. This

> mercury free product has been available sine 1996. Their number is

> 800-468-0894.

> References available at:

> www.icpa4kids.com/chiropractic_newsletter_references.htm

>

>

>

>

>

> I don't have compiled information on Rhogam......I do know that

they

> started using Rhogam during pregnancy in the late 1980s. Before

that,

> it was give IMMEDIATELY after birth. Many women get multiple

Rhogam

> shots now DURING pregnancy, without a second thought from their

OB.

> Until about 2001, each Rhogam shot had 25mgm of mercury in

> it.....horrid for the rapidly growing nervous system of the

fetus!!

> Cave, MD told me that she did a survey of patients in

her

> office....62% of autistic kids had Rh- moms....only 3% had Rh+

> moms.....and she said that those kids were more difficult to treat

> (probably more true neurological damage that occurred during

> embryological development--that would be my " guess " )

>

> Dr Sherri

>

>

>

>

> RhoGAM [licensed 1968]

>

> On April 16, 2001, Ortho Diagnostics was approved by FDA to

produce

> RhoGAM without thimerosal, and at that time, Ortho agreed to

> distribute only thimerosal-free product to the US market. The

product

> has a 2-year dating period, so that material released before April

> 16, 2001 may still be on the market. The package insert for RhoGAM

> containing thimerosal (i.e., for those lots manufactured prior to

> April 2001) does state that this product contains thimerosal.

> However, there is no warning in the package insert related to

> thimerosal or mercury content.

>

> Regarding the total thimerosal content of the previously released

> RhoGAM, the product was manufactured in two doses only: the

standard

> dose of " 300 micrograms " of anti-D, and the micro-dose of " 50

> micrograms " of anti-D. The fill volume for both the standard dose

and

> micro-dose products is typically between 0.6 and 0.8 mL.

Preservative-

> containing RhoGAM contains thimerosal at 0.003%, or 30 micrograms

per

> milliliter. Thimerosal is about 50% ethyl mercury by weight.

Hence, a

> patient receiving a dose of RhoGAM (0.7 ml on average) will have

> received 10.5 microgram of ethyl mercury.

>

> There are three indications for which an Rh-negative pregnant

woman

> would receive a significantly larger dose of RhoGAM: a fetal-

maternal

> hemorrhage early in the pregnancy, a fetal-maternal hemorrhage

> greater than 15 ml of Rh+ red cells, and an Rh+ transfusion. In

the

> first case, a single 300 microgram dose of RhoGAM, is recommended

at

> 12-week intervals. For the second two indications, a procedure

exists

> by which to determine the dose of RhoGAM required, based on the

> amount of Rho+ red cells in the maternal circulation: the

Kleihauer-

> Betke elution test (see the AABB Technical Manual, 13th ed., pp.

507-

> 8.) The total dose of mercury received can be calculated by

> multiplying the number of RhoGAM syringes administered by 10.5

> micrograms.

>

> BayRho [licensed 1971]

>

> The Bayer Corporation makes a Rho (D) Immune Globulin product

> (BayRho) which in the past contained thimerosal; this product has

> been manufactured without preservative since 1996, so that no in-

date

> BayRho contains thimerosal. Regarding the previously distributed

> product, the volume of a single dose of the Bayer product was

> approximately 0.7 ml. The thimerosal concentration was 0.01%, so

the

> total mercury in a single dose would have been approximately 35

> micrograms of ethyl mercury.

>

> WinRho SD [licensed 1996]

>

> The Cangene Corporation makes a freeze-dried Rho (D) Immune

Globulin

> (WinRho SD); this product has never contained a preservative.

>

> In addition, five other plasma-derived products remain on the

market

> that

> contain or contained ethyl mercury preservatives. They are as

> follows:

>

> Antivenin (Crotalidae) Polyvalent (Equine); Pit viper snake

> antivenom, Wyeth Antivenin (Micrurus fulvius); Coral snake

antivenom

> (Equine), Wyeth Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine); Pit

viper

> snake antivenom, Protherics Antivenin (Lacrodectus mactans); Black

> Widow spider antivenom Equine), Merck Lymphocyte Immune Globulin:

> Anti-thymocyte Globulin (Equine), Pharmacia and

> Upjohn

>

> Pit Viper [Antivenin (Crotalidae) Polyvalent, licensed 1954] and

> Coral Snake [Antivenin (Micrurus fulvius), licensed 1967]

antivenoms

> by Wyeth

>

> These products are equine antisera. They are in lyophilized form

and

> when reconstituted contain 0.005% thimerosal (50 micrograms per

> milliliter). The diluent, WFI, contains the preservative

> phenylmercuric nitrate at 0.001% concentration (10 micrograms per

> milliliter). A patient bitten by a snake may receive 15 or more

vials

> (doses of 50 vials have been reported) if the envenomization is

> severe. A 15 vial dose of this antivenom would contain 4.7

milligrams

> of mercury.

>

> Wyeth plans to discontinue these products; however, the current

> supply will last 1-2 years. Rattlesnake bites are dangerous and

can

> cause serious morbidity or mortality. In the interest of the

public

> health these products need to be available until sufficient Ethyl

> mercury-free product can be provided to the public.

>

> Pit Viper antivenom [Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine)

> licensed October 2000, Protherics]

>

> Mercury is not added to the final product in the form of a

> preservative, but thimerosal is used to assure that the affinity

> columns used in the manufacturing of this product do not become

> bacterially contaminated with repeated use. The product was

approved

> but the Ethyl mercury content was limited to not more than 104.5

> micrograms Ethyl mercury per vial, with a recommended maximum dose

of

> 18 vials. A patient receiving this product would receive about

1.88

> milligrams of mercury.

>

> Black Widow Spider antivenom [Antivenin (Lactrodectus mactans),

> licensed 1936, Merck]

>

> This product is an equine antiserum. The reconstituted product

> contains 0.1 milligrams of mercury per milliliter, so that the

> maximum 2-vial dose would contain 0.25 milligrams of mercury.

Black

> Widow Spider bites can be lethal, and the dose is limited to not

more

> than two vials. It has been determined that removal of the product

> from the market by the FDA would not be in the best interests of

> public health. Anti-thymocyte Globulin [Lymphocute Immune

Globulin,

> licensed 1981, Pharmacia & Upjohn]

>

> This product is an equine immune globulin. In 1995 a thimerosal-

free

> formulation was approved and in 1998 thimerosal was removed from

> manufacturing.

>

>

>

>

>

> More on Rhogam:

>

> Most physicians will tell you that you can never change your Rh-

> status.

> But there are some women who have done it by changing their diets

and

> taking certain herbs. The women in question were known to be Rh-

and

> when

> they went to the doctor for a routine test, it was found that they

> were

> suddenly Rh+. The doctor is the one that discovered this. It is

not

> known

> how long it took for this change to occur, but the women were

> following

> blood cleansing procedures such as:

>

> 1. Changing their diet and eliminating all sugar, white flour,

> caffeine,

> sodas,

> processed foods, and alcohol.

> 2. Using a lower bowel tonic and occasional colonics to keep the

> bowel clear.

> 3. Use of herbs to cleanse the blood such as:

>

> A. Periwinkle

> B. Red Raspberry Leaf Tea

> C. A tea made from red clover blossoms, chaparral, licorice

> root,poke root,

> peach bark, Oregon grape root, stillingia, cascara

> sagrada,sarsparilla, prickly ash bark, burdock root, and buckthorn

> bark.

> D. A few capsules of: goldenseal root, blessed thistle,

> cayenne,

> cramp bark, false unicorn root, ginger, red raspberry leaves,

squaw

> vine and uva ursi.

> And a few capsules of: black cohosh, sarsparilla,

ginseng,

> licorice, false unicorn, holy thistle and squaw vine.

>

> 4. Also, included in the diet blood builders, such as grape

juice,

> molasses, beets, and others.

>

> I am simply sharing all this with you because I believe it is

> dangerous to take the Rhogam shot. If you are tested and are

told

> you need the shot, please do not rush into this decision. I

believe

> that you have other options besides permanently damaging your

immune

> system. They used to administer the shot within 72 hours after

> birth. Now, they want to administer it to all pregnant women who

are

> Rh- without even testing them to see if they need it. I would not

> accept the shot without testing to see if I needed it. And if

they

> said I did need it, I would do everything in my power to avoid

it.

> Of course, if you refuse the shot, your doctor may refuse to

attend

> your birth. But there are other options for birth besides

physician

> attended birth. Also, the hospital emergency room and the doctor

on

> call on the labor and delivery floor are required to give you care

if

> you show up.

>

> What is the bottom line in all this? As we take a step further in

> technological advancement, we are getting farther and farther away

> from trust in our bodies, farther from the knowledge of how to

have

> safe and healthy birth, and closer to permanently endangering our

> health and the health of our children. We do not know the effect

> these substances will have on the reproductive health of the

children

> we carry while taking these drugs. But we do know that it is

> possible to have a health pregnancy and birth without taking the

> Rhogam shot. I am personally aquainted with women who have not

taken

> the shot, and have suffered no ill effects.

>

> Exercise your right of informed choice. Do your own research, and

> don't be pushed one way or the other. Consult your inner wisdom

and

> only do what

> feels right to you.

>

> Read more at: http://www.whale.to/a/rhogam.html

>

>

> Back to page