Recent news on Phenylpropanolamine

· Head cold brings out ...  -  May 23, 2007
Billings Outpost,I try phenylpropanolamine. Ranging in price from $2.69 to $18, over-the-counter nostrums bring quick relief - but only temporarily.

Legislative session passing quickly  -  May 1, 2007
McCook Daily Gazette,Finally, LB218 harmonizes the recent state law restricting the amount of pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine a person can buy at one time with new

Diet Pills Health Risks  -  Apr 24, 2007
Best Syndication,Many are appetite suppressants with active ingredients like phenylpropanolamine or caffeine. Many of them are supposed to increase the rate of your

Inaccurate E-Mail Drug Warning  -  Apr 12, 2007
13WHAM-TV,If phenylpropanolamine (PPA) is in the medication, it will be clearly listed. As always, if you have questions about the ingredients in any medications,

digiMedical Solutions, Inc.(TM) Pharmacy Chain Receives ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),...containing pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine for the purpose of altering its chemical components to produce the street drug "Meth.

Over 29 Grams of Ephedrine Purchased Within A Month  -  Mar 31, 2007
NewsBlaze,In order to purchase products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine an individual must show identification and sign a log book at

KIDS' COLD MEDS: WHAT'S ON THE LABEL?  -  Apr 24, 2007
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),Pseudoephedrine, phenylephrine, ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine: The effects in children are not well understood, but these drugs can make them agitated and

Diet pills: Dying to be slim  -  Apr 23, 2007
Daily Mail,From a Swedish site, I buy amfepramone, identified by the UN as another highly abused anorectic, and phenylpropanolamine, a diet pill no longer prescribed

New allergy formulas are too weak, sufferers say  -  Apr 10, 2007
News & Observer,Since it was signed into law in March 2006, medicines containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine must be sold from behind pharmacy

Consumers say new allergy medicines aren’t as effective  -  Apr 10, 2007
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader,Since President Bush signed it into law in March 2006, medicines containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine must be sold from behind

Paul Lewis: No winners in swimmer's drugs drama  -  Apr 7, 2007
New Zealand Herald,Then it was revealed Lewis competed in the 1988 Olympics even after he tested positive three times for pseudoephedrine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine

Methamphetamine: Feds Make First Cold Medicine Bust Under Combat ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
Drug War Chronicle,...can also be used in home meth manufacture, such as ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine, are now "scheduled listed chemical products."

Wayne County man faces anti-meth drug charge  -  Apr 3, 2007
Elmira Star-Gazette,The act is intended to regulate retail, over-the-counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine products, which are common ingredients

Sniffing out decongestants  -  Apr 2, 2007
Contra Costa Times,Now sales of cold medicines that contain pseudoephedrine, ephedrine or phenylpropanolamine are strictly regulated and sold only from behind pharmacy

Finding a high in the medicine cabinet  -  Apr 1, 2007
Glens Falls Post-Star,In cooperation with the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005, all medicines containing pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine or ephedrine must be held

Pharmacies tip police to possible illegal purchases  -  Mar 29, 2007
Ledger Independent,A Kentucky law which took effect in June, 2005, requires pharmacies to limit access to medications with pseudoephedrine, ephedrine or phenylpropanolamine,

Laws meant to quash meth labs leave the rest of us sneezing  -  Feb 16, 2007
Fort Wayne News Sentinel,Phenylpropanolamine, for example, was once found in bottles of Triaminic and similar cold medicines. In 2000, the FDA asked manufacturers to no longer

More on HPV  -  Feb 19, 2007
Commonweal,...with allergic asthma and ADD, two medications he has taken have been slapped with warnings, Advair and allergy meds containing phenylpropanolamine.

US Drug Habit Migrates to Mexico  -  Feb 16, 2007
AlterInfos,...stores to keep all non-prescription products containing pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine behind the counter or in a locked cabinet.

Chattem Has Relief on the Way  -  Feb 13, 2007
Motley FoolWhile Dexatrim's use of phenylpropanolamine, or PPA, has long been settled, Chattem was able to at last recover nearly $20 million from the $56 million

Cold medicine case: Fewer labs, meth use steady  -  Feb 11, 2007
Longview Daily News,That's when state lawmakers first forced tablets containing pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine and ephedrine -- all key meth ingredients -- to be sold

Diet pill OKd for sale over the counter  -  Feb 8, 2007
Chicago Tribune,The agency acted to remove drugs with fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine in 1997, and in 2000 it did the same with an ingredient called phenylpropanolamine,

Altea Therapeutics Appoints Dr. William R. Good to its Board of ...  -  Feb 7, 2007
Business Wire (press release),Habitrol® (nicotine TTS), and Acutrim® (phenylpropanolamine OROS), as well as a number of other products in the cardiovascular area.

Altea Therapeutics Appoints Dr. William R. Good to its Board of ...  -  Feb 7, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Habitrol(R) (nicotine TTS), and Acutrim(R) (phenylpropanolamine OROS), as well as a number of other products in the cardiovascular area.

Drug sale logbooks are a pain for police  -  Feb 4, 2007
HeraldNet,Right now, stores must lock up over-the-counter medications and products that contain ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine.

Two men arrested in possible meth bust  -  Feb 3, 2007
Lynchburg News and Advance,...were required to ask for identification from anyone purchasing any nonprescription drug containing pseudoephedrine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine.

Sadler, Cerin face medication complaints in California  -  Jan 12, 2007
Thoroughbred Times,Cerin faces two complaints because two horses in his care tested positive for norpseudoephredrine and phenylpropanolamine. The substances were found in Off

CHRB Files Medication Complaint Against Trainers Sadler and Cerin  -  Jan 12, 2007
BloodHorse,Norpseudoephredrine and phenylpropanolamine can be found in urine samples after the ingestion of herbal products containing ephedra and in several

The road to Derby starts in San Rafael  -  Jan 13, 2007
Los Angeles Times,Cerin, meanwhile, had two positives for norpseudophredrine and phenylpropanolamine, which are said to be decongestants or appetite suppressants,

Largest Disease Modification Trial For Parkinson's Disease ...  -  Dec 24, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),...amphetamines, cold remedies containing decongestants and weight-reducing preparations containing pseudoephedrine, phenylephrine, phenylpropanolamine,

Pride doping tests draw suspensions  -  Dec 21, 2006
Calgary Sun,Belfort tested positive for 4-Hydroxytestosterone while Nastula's test showed for Nandrolone, pseudoephedrine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine.

Law battles meth menace  -  Dec 4, 2006
Bakersfield Californian (subscription),Over-the-counter medication containing pseudoephedrine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine at the Target on Mall View Road must be obtained and purchased

Deadly meth marching toward New England: DEA battles Midwest ...  -  Dec 1, 2006
Boston Herald,...cold medications containing the ingredients ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine must be kept behind pharmacy counters, Stansbury said.

Study finds more meth users on the East Coast  -  Nov 30, 2006
WVEC.com (subscription),Much of the decrease in the two states is connected to restricted sales of products containing pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine to

Largest Disease Modification Trial For Parkinson's Disease ...  -  Dec 24, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),...amphetamines, cold remedies containing decongestants and weight-reducing preparations containing pseudoephedrine, phenylephrine, phenylpropanolamine,

Pride doping tests draw suspensions  -  Dec 21, 2006
Calgary Sun,Belfort tested positive for 4-Hydroxytestosterone while Nastula's test showed for Nandrolone, pseudoephedrine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine.

Week in review  -  Dec 9, 2006
Bakersfield Californian (subscription),Consumers are limited to no more than 3.6 grams of medicine containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine in one day.

Law tightens controls on meth chemicals  -  Dec 2, 2006
MLive.com,...pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine, a drug used in veterinary medicine -- to assure that pharmaceutical companies make only enough final product to

Cold medications losing value, some say  -  Dec 3, 2006
Pioneer Press,Phenylephrine was the only alternative for drugmakers wanting to keep their products on open store shelves; a third ingredient, phenylpropanolamine,

FDA pushes for natural supplements vs quick fix drugs  -  Nov 28, 2006
Manila Bulletin,Weight loss drugs that contain ingredients such as phenylpropanolamine, dexfenfluramine, and fenfluramine and phentermine (also known as fen-phen) lead to

Warning: Flu can kill!  Nov 3, 2006
Stroke Project researchers found in May 2000 that a common ingredient in many cold, flu and diet medications called Phenylpropanolamine Hydrochloride (PPA ... -News Today Online, Vancouver fighter mourns fiancee, prepares to go after Pride title  Oct 30, 2006
Former Olympic judo champion Pawel Nastula tested positive for nandrolone, pseudoephedrine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine while Brazil's Vitor Belfort ... -CBC News, Panama students become more aware during Red Ribbon Week  Oct 26, 2006
If a retailer knowlingly distributes pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine with the knowledge that it will be used to manufacture methamphetamine ... -Poteau Daily News, Young greyhound behaving oddly  Oct 15, 2006
Treatment with phenylpropanolamine or Xanax on a trial basis is one approach your veterinarian might consider. Ignore her stool-eating. ... -Miami Herald, One big headache  Oct 9, 2006
Davidson knew the end of September was bringing more restrictions on selling medicines containing pseudoephedrine, ephedrine or phenylpropanolamine, all of ... -Joplin Globe, New Analyses Further Support Benefits Of Once-Daily AZILECT(R) In ...  Oct 11, 2006
...cold remedies containing decongestants and weight-reducing preparations containing pseudoephedrine, phenylephrine, phenylpropanolamine, or ephedrine in order ... -Medical News Today (press release), Probable Cause #15: IFR & Meds -- A Deadly Mix  Sep 18, 2006
...a stimulant that opens airway passages and is used to treat asthma and bronchitis and can also be used as a decongestant; and Phenylpropanolamine, which is a ... -AVweb

Old cat's teeth need cleaning  Sep 3, 2006
...and strength. Q: Recently, our 16-year-old dog became incontinent. Our vet gave her phenylpropanolamine, and it worked. At that ... -Miami Herald

DOG TIRED: Joggers shouldn't force pets to run too far or fast  Sep 9, 2006
...strength. Dear Dr. Fox: Recently, our 16-year-old dog became incontinent. Our vet gave her phenylpropanolamine, and it worked. At ... -Winston-Salem Journal (subscription)

Doping in India: Promise and implementation  Aug 30, 2006
Aparna, who was playing the Uber Cup qualifiers in New Delhi, had taken a cold-relief tablet that contained the banned substances phenylpropanolamine. ... -NDTV.com

Law battles meth menace  -  Dec 4, 2006
Bakersfield Californian (subscription),Over-the-counter medication containing pseudoephedrine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine at the Target on Mall View Road must be obtained and purchased

Deadly meth marching toward New England: DEA battles Midwest ...  -  Dec 1, 2006
Boston Herald,...cold medications containing the ingredients ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine must be kept behind pharmacy counters, Stansbury said.

Study finds more meth users on the East Coast  -  Nov 30, 2006
WVEC.com (subscription),Much of the decrease in the two states is connected to restricted sales of products containing pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine to

Week in review  -  Dec 9, 2006
Bakersfield Californian (subscription),Consumers are limited to no more than 3.6 grams of medicine containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine in one day.

Law tightens controls on meth chemicals  -  Dec 2, 2006
MLive.com,...pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine, a drug used in veterinary medicine -- to assure that pharmaceutical companies make only enough final product to

Cold medications losing value, some say  -  Dec 3, 2006
Pioneer Press,Phenylephrine was the only alternative for drugmakers wanting to keep their products on open store shelves; a third ingredient, phenylpropanolamine,

FDA pushes for natural supplements vs quick fix drugs  -  Nov 28, 2006
Manila Bulletin,Weight loss drugs that contain ingredients such as phenylpropanolamine, dexfenfluramine, and fenfluramine and phentermine (also known as fen-phen) lead to

Wishy-washy law makes sick people suffer  -  Nov 15, 2006
Silver Chips Online,...pseudoephedrine (PSE) and phenylpropanolamine (PPA) – common decongestants found in Sudafed and Claritin-D – are now available only behind the counter

Board member allays fears on drug use  Aug 18, 2006
By Reynaldo G. Navales. MABALACAT -- Board Member Prospero Lagman has calmed the people on the use of the generic Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) medicine. ... -Sun.Star

Case Western Med School Dean to Chair Stanford Department of ...  Aug 21, 2006
...studies are ones that investigated the link between estrogen and the risk of breast and uterine cancer; the relationship between phenylpropanolamine (which can ... -Genetic Engineering News

UNITE Drug Diversion Unit Seeks 29 Suspects In Specialized Round ...  Aug 8, 2006
Inspecting pharmacy records to ensure compliance with regulations to log pseudoephedrine, ephedrine or phenylpropanolamine purchases correctly. ... -WKYT

Will drug help dog's incontinence problem?  Aug 19, 2006
My veterinarian's diagnosis is that she has incontinence due to being spayed. He has sent me home with a drug called phenylpropanolamine (PPA). ... -Kansas.com

Teva Neuroscience Announces AZILECT(R) Is Now Available in ...  Jul 31, 2006
...cold remedies containing decongestants and weight-reducing preparations containing pseudoephedrine, phenylephrine, phenylpropanolamine, or ephedrine in order ... -International News Service

Too dangerous  Aug 6, 2006
Who is taking care of whom, a drug phenylpropanolamine notorious for causing intra cerebra hemorrhage (stroke) already established by American Pharma Centers ... -GreaterKashmir.com

Treatment for incontinent dogs  Aug 8, 2006
...effects. Instead, phenylpropanolamine, PPA or Proin is indeed the drug of choice. Whether you want to treat, of course, is up to you. ... -Times Herald-Record

Grand jury expands its scope  Jul 28, 2006
...possession with intent to sell drugs, possession with intent to grow drugs, possession of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine, failure to pay the ... -Topeka Capital Journal (subscription)

Doctors in Fiji call for withdrawal of some medications from ...  Jul 21, 2006
The substance, Phenylpropanolamine or PPA, can cause a stroke in women aged 18 to 49 and has already been banned by the US Food and Drug Administration. ... -Radio New Zealand International

New cure for the common cold  Jun 30, 2006
What a coincidence that early this week, my friend Mara sent me a text message that read: "All drugs containing phenylpropanolamine (PPA) are being recalled. ... -ABS CBN News

Book Review | The struggle of a young stroke survivor  Jul 17, 2006
In November 2000, the FDA issued a health advisory urging people to stop using medications containing phenylpropanolamine - such as the cold medicine Garrison ... -Philadelphia Inquirer

Statement of  Jun 21, 2006
...in combating both of these types of labs is the control of methamphetamine’s primary precursor chemicals: ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine ... -DEA.gov

New war on drugs? What a headache  Jul 14, 2006
...sometime while I was sleeping off a sinus attack, Congress passed a law restricting the sale of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine products. ... -Orlando Sentinel

News from the Pennsylvania General Assembly  Jun 26, 2006
...and identification from someone seeking to buy any cold and allergy medicines that contains ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine - ingredients that ... -Centre Daily Times

Meth-friendly cold remedies now restricted  Jul 1, 2006
...drugs such as Claritin D and Advil Cold and Sinus - and their generic equivalents - that contain pseudoephedrine, ephedrine or phenylpropanolamine now require ... -The Register-Guard

New Program Trains Pharmacy Staff On Combat Methamphetamine ...  Jun 30, 2006
...provide training to all employees involved in the sale of any over-the-counter product containing pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine -- and to ... -Medical News Today



'Don't take drugs containing phenylpropanolamine'  May 1, 2006
Ministry of Health's Standard and Regulations Unit is encouraging consumers to beware of all drugs containing the ingredient phenylpropanolamine (PPA), even ... - Jamaica Observer

Probable Cause #6: Experience Can Kill You  May 14, 2006
Furthermore, the toxicology screening on the pilot revealed the presence of pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine and ephedrine. ... - AVweb

Warning : Do you know what's in your cough medicine?  May 8, 2006
Johannesburg (AND) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a report saying that the substance 'phenylpropanolamine' found in most nasal decongestants and ... - African News Dimension

Allergy relief goes behind counters  May 6, 2006
...law began limiting the sale of over-the-counter cough and sinus products such as Sudafed and Claritin D with pseudoephedrine, ephedrine or phenylpropanolamine. ... - Newsday

Some pharmacies lock up sinus drugs  May 7, 2006
...federal law limits the sale of such over-the-counter cough and sinus products as Sudafed and Claritin D with pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine ... - Boston Globe

New law makes supermarket aisle a home front in the war on drugs  May 1, 2006
While the new regulations will change the way the drugs — pseudoephedrine, ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine — are sold, local vendors of the products don ... - Lebanon Daily News

New limits on cold pills vex buyers  Apr 30, 2006
...took effect April 8. People may buy no more than 3.6 grams a day or 9 grams a month of pseudoephedrine and the decongestants ephedrine and phenylpropanolamine. ... - The Journal News.com

Designer Drugs: From Joy To Paranoid Delusions  Apr 17, 2006
Syabu's precursors are ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine while it is called "speed, meth, chalk or china white" on the streets. ... - Bernama

Ped Med: ADHD Drug Remedies Hit and Miss  Apr 21, 2006
...of the World Health Organization's criteria of psychostimulant: 1) chemically, it is derived from a known stimulant -- phenylpropanolamine; 2) pharmacologically ... - National Ledger

Patriot Act will limit over-counter drug sales  Apr 27, 2006
...the country. To that end, the law limits distribution of nonprescription ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine. The ... - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Law clears some drug store shelves  Apr 22, 2006
...into law last month, pharmacists will have to dispense nonprescription drugs that include the ingredients ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine. ... - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Litigators Watching Vioxx Trials Predict Merck Will Stay the ...  Apr 20, 2006
...in phenylpropanolamine litigation, said that "Merck could have hoped for a happier result, but I would be surprised if it changes its overall strategy.". ... - Texas Lawyer (subscription)

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