Are You At Risk of A Stroke?
or Someone You Love
We checked the URLs below. This is something to
follow thru on.
Subject: Phenylpropanolamine (PPA)
I would like to thank those of you who expressed
condolences
on the recent passing of my mother. She suffered a hemorrhagic stroke
while she
was driving home from my house on 7/30 and passed away on 8/3. My
mother's stroke
and passing was an enormous shock to my family because she did not have
any
symptoms or risk factors for a stroke. Just the week before she had
gone to her
doctor for a check up and received a clean bill of health. She did,
however,
develop a cold while she was visiting me and had taken Alka Seltzer
Cold Plus
for 3 days. Since her passing, we have learned that Alka Seltzer is one
of the
many cold medicines that contains
Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) which can cause
hemorrhagic stokes
or cerebral bleeding even with the first use. I am forwarding a list of
other
medications that currently use PPA. These medicines are supposedly
being
recalled but my mother just purchased this medication less than two
weeks ago.
Pharmaceutical companies have known about this danger for years, we
unfortunately, did not.
Check the labels on all your over-the-counter
medications for
this ingredient. If included, contact the 800 number on the package –
you may
get a refund. You’ll probably need the lot number on the box.
PLEASE PASS THIS ON. THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF!
DO PASS ALONG TO ALL ON YOUR MAILING LIST so
people are informed.
They can then pass it along to their families.
To confirm these findings please take time to
check the
following:
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/ppa/advisory.htm
and http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug
/infopage/ppa/
and
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/p/phenylpropanolamine.htm
