Possible Link between autism IVF/fertility drugs

[HopeandDreamG]

It's pretty much what the article
Is saying- there are so many confounding variables that they didn't weed out!

[atomic sagebrush]

I read somewhere that clomid stays in the body for 8 weeks after taking it, so I guess could still be around in early pregnancy and in the first few weeks when the brain is first forming? noone knows, of course. personally I think clomid has been taken for decades - 40+ years? I don't know how long exactly. But it's been so widely used for such a long period you'd expect any links to be more obvious long before now.

Even the most absolutely dangerous things known beyond a shadow of a doubt to cause serious harm during pregnancy only do so a small % of the time WHEN people are actually taking it when they are pregnant. It strains reason for me to think well, because some smidgeon of effects are still being seen from the Clomid 8 weeks later then it could possibly be having some effect. One of the most dangerous drugs for pregnancy, Retin A, only causes issues 20% of the time when taken daily throughout pregnancy.

I agree that if it was the Clomid we'd know it by now.

I just mentioned this in another thread but if the effects of Clomid for 5 days lowering cholesterol were so overwhelming, then doctors would simply prescribe Clomid for 5 days and say, ok you're good for the next 8 weeks. It jsut doesn't add up. Weightlifters take Clomid daily for years on end but that doesn't mean that us taking it for 5 days will ahve anywhere like that effect.