Now that we have a Food & Drug Administration that is not forced to sit on its hands while people get sick and die, we are finally being told the truth about the dangerous pharmaceuticals out there. Let me tell you, some of those over-the-counter (OTC) drugs will put you in a world of hurt.
Yesterday the news broke about a panel, assembled by the Food and Drug Administration, who voted 20 to 17 to advise the FDA to remove drugs like Vicodin and Percocet from the market. These drugs combine acetaminophen with narcotics. This same panel also advised the FDA to lower the maximum daily dose of acetaminophen in OTC and prescription medications, and to address the formulations and dosing recommendations for children. Well it’s about time.
Acetaminophen, commonly used for its effectiveness in treating pain and fever, is also responsible for overdoses in 56,000 emergency room visits, 26,000 hospitalizations and 458 deaths during the 1990s, according to one study. Another study estimates that acetaminophen is the likely cause of most of the estimated 1,600 acute liver failures each year. Imagine that. Yes Tylenol and NyQuil, which also contains acetaminophen, can kill you.
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Well, the Internet is buzzing with stories on Lupus and this article on Terra.com lists some important stats but first, there is this little tidbit and I wonder how they discovered this. The first lines from the article state: “Michael Jackson was diagnosed with lupus in 1986 after suffering other serious health problems. He had been struggling extreme fatigue, joint pain, and other ailments.” If this is true, the diagnosis came after Jackson’s Pepsi commercial accident in 1984 when lupus lesions were said to have been found in his scalp.
Moving on, in reporting on a 20-year study, CDC lupus expert Charles G. Helmick said:
There were 88 lupus deaths for every 10 million women in 1998, compared with 15 deaths for every 10 million men. That ratio, with women more than five times likelier than men to die from lupus, was fairly steady throughout the 20 years of the study, he said.
The study also found 137 lupus deaths per 10 million blacks in 1998, compared with 40 deaths per 10 million whites. That ratio, with blacks more than three times as likely to die from lupus, was also consistent throughout the 20 years of the study.
Incredible, 137 lupus deaths per 10 million blacks in 1998. I’m curious what those numbers are now.
Source:
Terra.com — Blacks More Likely To Die From Lupus
