Hemorrhagic Strokes and PPA - More News
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Although most of the world spent last week watching news of America's Presidential race, news regarding the recall of Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) continued to stream across the wire.While most major drug and supermarket chains have chosen to pull products containing PPA off of their shelves, some independent pharmacies have refused to do so, according to reports. Among the major chains to pull products which have been found to be potentially deadly, are Walgreens, Eckerd Drugs, Wal-Mart, Winn-Dixie, Publix, Albertson's, Krogers, CVS, and others. A pharmacist that reportedly would like to keep selling the drugs ($$$) stated that "the FDA should have limited its action to appetite suppressants, which aren't nearly as big sellers as cough and cold remedies." So was this deadly ingredient a new discovery?
According to some news sources, medical journals began citing cases of young women suffering sudden hemorrhagic strokes as a result of using products that contained PPA, back in the 1980s. Those reports were followed by a five-year Yale University study that showed in some cases, using PPA increased stroke risk 12 to 15 fold, according to reports. Below is a list of PPA related links that you may have missed during the past week. USA Today: Drugmakers, stores move on FDA ban MSNBC: Drugstores pulling PPA from shelves LA Times: FDA Warns Against Using Common Drugs
(be sure to save LA Times articles for offline viewing) Cox News Service: Drugstores React To Fda Warning On PPA Yahoo News: Albertson's Pulls Cold Remedy From Shelves Yahoo News: Kroger Voluntarily Recalls Products with PPA Cox News: Did The Fda Use A Sledgehammer On Cold And Diet Pills? Raising a drug-free healthy family has never made so much sense.
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