PPA INJURY
After a 5-year study was published showing the connection
between products containing Phenylpropanolamine ( PPA)
and hemorrhagic strokes
in November 2000, the FDA announced they were taking
steps to remove PPA from the over the counter and prescription
cold remedies and weight loss pills. On October 12,
2001, the Public Citizen consumer advocacy group wrote
the FDA urging them to reject the pharmaceutical companies’
request for the FDA to include in its final rule of
withdrawing PPA a disclaimer stating their products
were not marketed negligently. The purpose the pharmaceutical
companies wished to establish in this disclaimer was
to have protection against PPA product liability suits.
PPA injury causes hemorrhagic strokes especially in
young women. Hemorrhagic strokes are an uncommon form
of strokes but it is often deadly and can leave survivors
disabled. The serious condition that causes bleeding
into the brain or into tissue surrounding the brain
are especially concerning because of the inability to
predict who is at risk. PPA first showed signs of causing
hemorrhagic strokes over a decade ago, and Public Citizen
expressed their concern over the safety of PPA as early
as 1983. Please contact
us to receive PPA lawsuit information and to speak
with a PPA Injury Attorney.
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you taken products containing PPA? Click
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FDA
REQUESTS COMPANIES VOLUNTARILY DISCONTINUE MARKETING PPA
-November 8, 2000
The FDA asked drug companies to stop marketing popular cold remedies
and appetite suppressants that contain PPA due to the link to hemorrhagic
stroke in women. The FDA says they are taking steps to remove PPA
from the over the counter and prescription medicsations. This announcement
came on November 6, 2000 after the New England Journal of Medicine
released a 5-year study linking PPA to hemorrhagic stroke in women.
Researchers at the Yale University School of Medicine, who performed
the study, found that women ages 18-49 who took appetite suppressants
containing PPA were 16 times more likely to have a hemorrhagic stroke
than other women and women using cold or cough remedies containing
PPA for the first time had a threefold increased risk of hemorrhagic
stroke. Please contact us to receive
more PPA injury information about your legal rights and to speak
with a PPA Injury Attorney.
PPA
Injury Causes Hemorrhagic Strokes
A hemorrhagic stroke occurs when an artery in the brain leaks
or ruptures and the blood puts pressure on the surrounding brain
tissue causing damage. Brain cells beyond the rupture are also
deprived of blood and are damaged. The FDA issued PPA recall occurred
because of the link between PPA injury and hemorrhagic stroke
risk found mainly in young women. Read
more on PPA injury and hemorrhagic stroke…
BREAKING
NEWS!!
April
15, 2003 - Companies may have known about PPA stroke link
Internal memos show that two large drug makers knew about
the link between PPA and strokes. In 2000, PPA was taken
off the market because of the serious and concerning PPA
side effects linked to the popular ingredient. Used in many
cold remedies and diet pills, PPA was linked to hemorrhagic
strokes that affected mainly young women, causing a high
number of PPA lawsuits.
Click here for the full article!
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YALE
UNIVERSITY STUDY LEADS TO PPA RECALL When warning signs appeared
linking PPA injury to cases of hemorrhagic strokes, the drug industry
claimed more research was needed before any action was taken against
PPA, the ingredient found in many over the counter and prescription
drugs. This response led to a 5-year Yale University study comparing
702 hemorrhagic stroke survivors under 50 with 1,376 similar controls
who had never suffered a stroke. The study concluded PPA injury
increases hemorrhagic stroke risk for young women in two different
circumstances. These circumstances were:
Within
three days of taking PPA containing appetite suppressants
Within
three days of taking their first ever PPA dose for any reason
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PPA Injury Attorney.
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Ron C.
Eddins
Waters & Kraus
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