Heparin
China has once again flooded the US market with contaminated products. It has a history of sending over lead painted toys and other dangerous goods and the US has a history of doing a poor job of inspecting or regulating Chinese imports.
The latest imported health danger is Heparin, a blood thinner, made from the mucous membranes of the intestines of slaughtered pigs. This is often produced in China by unregulated family workshops. The contaminant, identified as oversulfated chondroitin sulfate, a cheaper substance, slipped through the usual testing and was recognized only after more sophisticated tests were used.
Congress has belated taken action to pass legislation requiring far more aggressive inspections of Chinese products. This is poor comfort for the over 80 patients known to have had severe reactions known to be related to the contaminant.
Consumers of this product have a valid cause of action despite the continual attempts to block the right to trial by jury by the conservative interest groups which have controlled appellant courts and legislative bodies too long.
http://www.bailey-law.com/lawyer-attorney-1215852.html
The latest imported health danger is Heparin, a blood thinner, made from the mucous membranes of the intestines of slaughtered pigs. This is often produced in China by unregulated family workshops. The contaminant, identified as oversulfated chondroitin sulfate, a cheaper substance, slipped through the usual testing and was recognized only after more sophisticated tests were used.
Congress has belated taken action to pass legislation requiring far more aggressive inspections of Chinese products. This is poor comfort for the over 80 patients known to have had severe reactions known to be related to the contaminant.
Consumers of this product have a valid cause of action despite the continual attempts to block the right to trial by jury by the conservative interest groups which have controlled appellant courts and legislative bodies too long.
http://www.bailey-law.com/lawyer-attorney-1215852.html
Dangerous drugs...whose in charge?
Drugs for our babies on the counter without perscription can kill. What kind of system is that? The FDA can't handle screening prescription drugs and accepts money from the industry that they are supposed to be regulating...now we know that medication that is supposed to be so safe you don't even need to get a doctor to prescribe can hurt or kill our babies. It turns out the only regulation that works is consumers standing up for themselves in lawsuits. Unfortunately its after the fact but at least it gives some pause to these drug providers before they spend millions of dollars in advertising to convince us that we can trust them with the health of the most vulnerable in our families.
http://www.bailey-law.com/lawyer-attorney-1215852.html
The following is an excerpt from a recent article in the Washingtion Post:
Infant Cold Medications Pulled From Drugstores
By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 12, 2007; Page A01
Drugstores began clearing their shelves of over-the-counter cough and cold medicine designed for infants yesterday after leading manufacturers announced they were withdrawing the products amid rising concerns about the safety of the popular remedies.
The decision to pull 14 products, including well-known brands such as Dimetapp Decongestant Plus Cough Infant Drops, Tylenol Concentrated Infants' Drops Plus Cold and Robitussin Infant Cough DM Drops, came one week before the Food and Drug Administration plans to hold a hearing on nonprescription cough and cold medications for children.
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The hearing is part of a broad evaluation of the products the agency launched in light of doubts about their effectiveness and mounting evidence the medications can cause serious complications, including severe hallucinations and agitation, seizures, high blood pressure, and heart and breathing problems that can be fatal in rare cases.
