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From: McArthur <cathy.mcArthur@...>

Date: November 23, 2010 10:19:52 AM MST

Subject: FW: URGENT: Medication alert, please read! Adults & Children Included

A MUST READ

Thanks to a Kamloops BC Canada , FSNA member who forwarded

this email -

if you would like to check it out - the website to do so is

at the end of the article.

Hi Everyone

I am passing this email forwarded to me this morning. It's

about a medication that is familiar to many of us. Note also the FDA 's comments

at the end of the message.

I received this information from a friend whose mother

recently passed away.

Apparently, this was caused by a medication that is deadly.

Here are the details and I suggest you pass it on to your loved ones and others.

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 at 7:30 and passed away at 8:30. 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

causehemorrhagic 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.

I urge you to review the list of medicines with PPA and

avoid these medications. All drugs containing PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE are dangerous.

You may want to try calling the 800 number listed on most drug boxes and inquire

about a REFUND. Please read this CAREFULLY. Also, please pass this on to

everyone you know. STOP TAKING anything containing this ingredient. It has been

linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in brain) among women ages

18-49 in the three days after starting use of medication. Problems were not

found in men, but the FDA recommended that everyone (even children) seek

alternative medicine.

The following medications contain Phenylpropanolamine:

Acutrim Diet Gum Appetite Suppressant

Acutrim Plus Dietary Supplements

Acutrim Maximum Strength Appetite Control

Alka-Seltzer Plus Children's Cold Medicine Effervescent

Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold medicine (cherry or or ange)

Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine Original

Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Cough Medicine Effervescent

Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Flu Medicine

Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Sinus Effervescent

Alka Seltzer Plus Night-Time Cold Medicine

BC Allergy Sinus Cold Powder

BC Sinus Cold Powder

Comtrex Flu Therapy & Fever Relief

Day & Night Contac 12-Hour Cold Capsules

Contac 12 Hour Caplets

Coricidin D Cold, Flu & Sinus

Dexatrim Caffeine Free

Dexatrim Extended Duration

Dexatrim Gelcaps

Dexatrim Vitamin C/Caffeine Free

Dimetapp Cold & Allergy Chewable Tablets

Dimetapp Cold & Cough Liqui-Gels

Dimetapp DM Cold & Cough Elixir

Dimetapp Elixir

Dimetapp 4 Hour Liquid Gels

Dimetapp 4 Hour Tablets

Dimetapp 12 Hour Extentabs Tablets

Naldecon DX Pediatric Drops

Permathene Mega-16

Robitussin CF

Tavist-D 12 Hour Relief of Sinus & Nasal Congestion

Triaminic DM Cough Rel! ief

Triaminic Expectorant Chest & Head

Triaminic Syrup ! ! Cold & amp;am p; Allergy

Triaminic Triaminicol Cold & Cough

I just found out and called the 800# on the container for

Triaminic and

they informed me that they are voluntarily recalling the

following medicines

because of a certain ingredient that is causing strokes and

seizures in children:

Orange 3D Cold & Allergy Cherry (Pink)

3D Cold & Cough Berry

3D Cough Relief Yellow 3D Expectorant

They are asking you to call them at 800-548-3708 with the

lot number on

the box so they can send you postage for you to send it back

to them, and

they will also issue you a refund. If you know of anyone

else with small children,

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

<http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/ppa>

Gail Stenson

Public Health Clerk

St. -Assiniboia

Health & Social Services Center

2015 Portage Avenue R3J 0K3

Phone: 940-2388 Fax: 940-2636

eMail: gstenson@...

--

Joan Tiefenbach

Team Lead

Merchandisers

1 800 268-5598 ext.244

B.B 306- 501 4545

--

Joan Tiefenbach

Team Lead

Merchandisers

1 800 268-5598 ext.244

B.B 306- 501 4545

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Begin forwarded message:

From: McArthur <cathy.mcArthur@...>

Date: November 23, 2010 10:19:52 AM MST

Subject: FW: URGENT: Medication alert, please read! Adults & Children Included

A MUST READ

Thanks to a Kamloops BC Canada , FSNA member who forwarded this email -

if you would like to check it out - the website to do so is at the end of the article.

Hi Everyone

I am passing this email forwarded to me this morning. It's about a medication that is familiar to many of us. Note also the FDA 's comments at the end of the message.

I received this information from a friend whose mother recently passed away.

Apparently, this was caused by a medication that is deadly. Here are the details and I suggest you pass it on to your loved ones and others.

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 at 7:30 and passed away at 8:30. 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 causehemorrhagic 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.

I urge you to review the list of medicines with PPA and avoid these medications. All drugs containing PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE are dangerous. You may want to try calling the 800 number listed on most drug boxes and inquire about a REFUND. Please read this CAREFULLY. Also, please pass this on to everyone you know. STOP TAKING anything containing this ingredient. It has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in brain) among women ages 18-49 in the three days after starting use of medication. Problems were not found in men, but the FDA recommended that everyone (even children) seek alternative medicine.

The following medications contain Phenylpropanolamine:

Acutrim Diet Gum Appetite Suppressant

Acutrim Plus Dietary Supplements

Acutrim Maximum Strength Appetite Control

Alka-Seltzer Plus Children's Cold Medicine Effervescent

Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold medicine (cherry or or ange)

Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine Original

Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Cough Medicine Effervescent

Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Flu Medicine

Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Sinus Effervescent

Alka Seltzer Plus Night-Time Cold Medicine

BC Allergy Sinus Cold Powder

BC Sinus Cold Powder

Comtrex Flu Therapy & Fever Relief

Day & Night Contac 12-Hour Cold Capsules

Contac 12 Hour Caplets

Coricidin D Cold, Flu & Sinus

Dexatrim Caffeine Free

Dexatrim Extended Duration

Dexatrim Gelcaps

Dexatrim Vitamin C/Caffeine Free

Dimetapp Cold & Allergy Chewable Tablets

Dimetapp Cold & Cough Liqui-Gels

Dimetapp DM Cold & Cough Elixir

Dimetapp Elixir

Dimetapp 4 Hour Liquid Gels

Dimetapp 4 Hour Tablets

Dimetapp 12 Hour Extentabs Tablets

Naldecon DX Pediatric Drops

Permathene Mega-16

Robitussin CF

Tavist-D 12 Hour Relief of Sinus & Nasal Congestion

Triaminic DM Cough Rel! ief

Triaminic Expectorant Chest & Head

Triaminic Syrup ! ! Cold & amp;am p; Allergy

Triaminic Triaminicol Cold & Cough

I just found out and called the 800# on the container for Triaminic and

they informed me that they are voluntarily recalling the following medicines

because of a certain ingredient that is causing strokes and seizures in children:

Orange 3D Cold & Allergy Cherry (Pink)

3D Cold & Cough Berry

3D Cough Relief Yellow 3D Expectorant

They are asking you to call them at 800-548-3708 with the lot number on

the box so they can send you postage for you to send it back to them, and

they will also issue you a refund. If you know of anyone else with small children,

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

<http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/ppa>

Gail Stenson

Public Health Clerk

St. -Assiniboia

Health & Social Services Center

2015 Portage Avenue R3J 0K3

Phone: 940-2388 Fax: 940-2636

eMail: gstenson@...

--

Joan TiefenbachTeam Lead Merchandisers1 800 268-5598 ext.244

B.B 306- 501 4545

--

Joan TiefenbachTeam Lead Merchandisers1 800 268-5598 ext.244

B.B 306- 501 4545

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