Exhibit 10.30
AMENDMENT TO THE
                AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION
SPECIAL STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
 
  The Special Stock Option Agreement, dated __________, 199_, by
and between American Home Products Corporation (the "Corporation") 
and _____________ (the "Agreement") is hereby amended by this
Amendment, dated _________, 199_, by adding a new paragraph 9 which
states as follows:

  9.  Notwithstanding the holding period set forth in
  paragraph 2 of this Agreement, effective on the date that
  is one year after the date of grant of these options, in
  the event of a Change of Control (as defined below) (i)
  these options shall become immediately exercisable options
  with respect to 100 percent of the Option Shares; and (ii)
  the Compensation and Benefits Committee may, in its
  discretion and upon at least 10 days advance notice to the
  optionee, cancel any options and pay to the optionee in
  cash, the value thereof based upon the highest price per
  share of the Corporation's common stock received or to be
  received by other stockholders of the Corporation in
  connection with the Change of Control.

  "Change in Control" shall, unless the Board of Directors of
  the Corporation otherwise directs by resolution adopted
  prior thereto, be deemed to occur if (i) any "person" (as
  that term is used in Sections 13 and 14(d)(2) of the
  Exchange Act) other than a Permitted Holder (as defined
  below) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as that term is
  used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), directly or
  indirectly, of 50% or more of either the outstanding shares
  of common stock of the Corporation or the combined voting
  power of the Corporation's then outstanding voting
  securities entitled to vote generally, (ii) during any
  period of two consecutive years, individuals who constitute
  the Board of Directors of the Corporation at the beginning
  of such period cease for any reason to constitute at least
  a majority thereof, unless the election or the nomination
  for election by the Corporation's stockholders of each new
  director was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters
  of the directors then still in office who were directors at
  the beginning of the period or (iii) the Corporation
  undergoes a liquidation or dissolution or a sale of all or
  substantially all of the assets of the Corporation.  No
  merger, consolidation or corporate reorganization in which
  the owners of the combined voting power of the
  Corporation's then outstanding voting securities entitled
  to vote generally prior to said combination, own 50% or
  more of the resulting entity's outstanding voting
  securities shall, by itself, be considered a Change in
  Control.  As used herein, "Permitted Holder" means (i) the
  Corporation, (ii) any corporation, partnership, trust or
  other entity controlled by the Corporation and (iii) any
  employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or
  maintained by the Corporation or any such controlled
  entity.

Accepted and agreed to:         AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION

                      
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Optionee's Signature            Chairman of the Board