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labyrinth asked in HealthOther - Health · 1 decade ago

Should we stop patronizing UNILAB for continually using phenylpropanolamine in their over the counter medicine

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  • 1 decade ago
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    why? it's a legal medicine with FDA approval. the chance of hemorrhagic stroke is very very low. all medicines are poison that's why they are prescribed in doses that allow for a greater benefit than detriment to the human body. look at all that aspirin does for us but should we stop using it because it causes increased bleeding times? what about vitamin k? should we stop eating green leafy vegatables because vit k caused increased clotting times? what about milk and increased incidence of kidney stones? any time you take any kind of drug, over the counter or prescribed, there is a chance something bad could come of it.

  • 1 decade ago

    i used to work for a multinational pharmaceutical company and obviously i don't patronize unilab products..it's not just because they were competitors but the way they manufacture their drugs..my former company used to place great emphasis on evidence-based medicines and unfortunately unilab is a generics company..their drugs may be cheap but in the long run, you wouldn't get the benefits you were hoping for as opposed to the supposedly expensive brands..yes our medicines were more expensive but at least i'm confident that i will get the desired results i'm looking for....

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