PPA

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PPA is a chemical used in hundreds of over-the-counter and prescription medications. PPA was very common in diet drugs, nasal decongestants and cough medications. Annually, U.S. consumers buy about 6 billion doses of product containing PPA. PPA, however, is suspected in causing between 200 and 500 hemorrhagic strokes per year in patients age 18 to 49. Popular PPA Products...MORE >>

• April 6, 2004 - Defense Wins Pennsylvania's First PPA Verdict
• January 26, 2004 - California jury exonerates Novartis in two phenylpropanolamine cases
• April 15, 2003 - Memos Show Novartis and Wyeth Knew of PPA Link to Stroke
• October 31, 2002 - Eleven Sue Bayer Over Alka-Seltzer Plus, Joining Hundreds Nationwide
• May 22, 2001 - Dimetapp makers sued over death
• April 25, 2001 - Stroke victim sues drug manufacturers
• April 22, 2001 - Woman sues Bayer claiming Alka-Seltzer Plus gave her a stroke
• March 26, 2001 - New Drug Lawsuits: PPA
• February 28, 2001 - Firm files nationwide class action suits filed to educate doctors and consumers about dangers of PPA
• November 12, 2000 - Drugs’ ill effects often discovered years later

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