Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a synthetic form of the female hormone estrogen. It was prescribed to pregnant women between 1940 and 1971 to prevent miscarriage, premature labor, and related complications of pregnancy.
My mother was prescribed this drug in 1957 after a miscarriage. It was later discovered to cause reproductive cancer in offspring as well as other defects. Since no doctor has been able to tell me how I might’ve gotten APS, I was wondering whether there was a correlation between the APS and this now banned pharmaceutical.