Phenylpropanolamine deadly or not?

[chieffy]

taken from:
http://www.bibletruths.us/forums/arc....php/t-12.html

read the post of csjacque:
If you still have this
medicine in your first aid kit, kindly flush it in the
toilet.
Subject: Decolgen
Beware of this medication (yellowish in colour round
pills) normally
prescribed by doctors for flu. Already confirmed by
friend's sister
who works in the ministry to be true. I've called up a
friend working in
Unity Healthcare (or commonly known as NTUC Pharmacy)
and confirmed the following. Decolgen (a common flu
tablet) and
the long list of drugs used to be easily available on
the shelves of
pharmacies.

Though they've been removed from the local pharmacies
months ago, in case
you still have them in your first aid box at home,
pleas e discard them
immediately. I heard that Decolgen has already been
banned. You
couldn't find them in all pharmacies. It's due to the
same problem (i.e.
bleeding in the brain for women). Confirmed that this
is true and Singapore
government is taking action.

Please read and copy this notice to the people you
love.
This is not a matter to be taken lightly. Stop taking
anything containing
the ingredient Phenylpropanolamine. 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 has
recommended
that everyone (even children) seek alternative
medicines. Having taken a few
of this medicine at one time or another, I called CVS
to see if there was
any truth to this e-mail. They said that it was so,
and if have any of these
products at home, I should stop using them. CVS has
removed all products
containing this chemical from their shelves.

totoo ba ito or its just another demolition job/hoax?

[chieffy]

i guess its true...

http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/ppa/default.htm

"PPA increases the risk of hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding into the brain or into tissue surrounding the brain) in women. Men may also be at risk. Although the risk of hemorrhagic stroke is very low, FDA recommends that consumers not use any products that contain PPA."

meron kasi akong nakita sa drawer ko kaninang umaga...parang this year ko lang binili iyon ah....dapat nang itapon tsk tsk

[theveed]

Mga doc?

[BlueBimmer]

scary naman yan..

[ECG]

sabi ng mga doc sakin,
kung minimal dose and short-term usage lang, like 1-week walang danger.

[sequoia]

correct ka dyan ECG, pag nasobrahan lang daw masama. ok lang mag decolgen.

[mantoy]

kahit anong sobra nakakamatay. so take everything in moderation.

[gearspeed]

kahit anong sobra nakakamatay. so take everything in moderation.

I agree hindi talaga maganda ang sobra dapat tama lang..

[glntVR]

natakot ako dun sobra ah. kasi i think meron kami niyan dito. thank you sa warning.

[OTEP]

Ang dami mong Decolgen na iinumin bago mangyari sa iyo yan.