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FDA Warns of Stroke Risk from Some Cold, Diet Aids.
Byline: Jeremy Manier
Nov. 7--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took the unusual step Monday of advising consumers to stop using certain popular over-the-counter cold remedies and diet pills that contain an ingredient linked to increased risk of hemorrhagic strokes.
Drug companies responded by pulling many products from the market and asking stores to remove them from shelves, though many of the brands still were being sold in area stores.
The agency's move springs from a new study released Monday showing that the ingredient, called phenylpropanolamine or PPA, poses a small but real danger of stroke, especially for women between the ages of 18 and 49. Officials said PPA currently is used in hundreds of products, including diet pills such as Acutrim and Dexatrim, and cold remedies such as Triaminic and Dimetapp.
Although the risk of stroke is no greater than one in 107,000 for women who take appetite suppressants with PPA, experts said it is enough for consumers and companies to avoid the ingredient.
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