Word: phenyl
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...year study showed that the amphetamine-like stimulant phenyl-propanolamine (PPA), despite decades of use as a decongestant and a weight-loss drug, increases the risk of hemorrhagic stroke, especially in young women. The FDA subsequently deemed it unsafe and asked manufacturers to pull medications containing PPA off pharmacy shelves. PPA has been on the market since the mid-1930s, and consumers take 6 billion doses of it annually, in such products as Alka-Seltzer, Robitussin, Dexatrim and Tavist-D. Though PPA is widely used in many popular cold and diet pills, medications with the safer alternative pseudoephedrine are easy...
...After decades of use as a decongestant and a weight-loss drug, a six-year study showed that the amphetamine-like stimulant phenyl-propanolamine (ppa) increases the risk of hemorrhagic stroke, especially in young women. The FDA subsequently deemed it unsafe and asked manufacturers to pull medications containing ppa off pharmacy shelves. ppa has been on the market since the mid-1930s, and consumers take 6 billion doses of it annually, in such products as Alka-Seltzer, Robitussin, Dexatrim and Tavist-D. Though ppa is widely used in many popular cold and diet pills, medications with the safer alternative pseudoephedrine...