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Six Hospitalized in Drug Test ... Gone Wrong
Patients suffered "reactions" to new leukemia treatment

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=preventable+pharmaceutical+medical+deaths

NBC VIDEO

• Six U.K. men critical after drug trial
March 17: Six British men who fell ill after participating in a clinical trial to test a new anti-inflammatory drug are in critical condition in a London hospital.

NBC's Keith Miller reports.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11839019/

Updated: 2:46 p.m. ET March 17, 2006
LONDON - Two men in intensive care after taking part in a clinical trial remain critically ill and are unlikely to make any early improvement, their doctor said on Thursday.

Six men were taken ill during the trial in London to test a drug designed to treat chronic inflammatory conditions and leukaemia. Four are in serious condition but have shown signs of improvement.

��The two men remain critical and it could be a while until they show significant change,�� said Northwick Park Hospital��s Clinical Director of Intensive Care, Ganesh Suntharalingham.

��The four who are seriously unwell are continuing to show signs of improvement but it is still early days,�� he added in a statement.

Relatives and friends of the two men have said the volunteers�� features have become severely swollen. One man was described as looking like the ��Elephant Man�� — a freak show figure in Victorian Britain whose head ballooned outwards until his skull was wider than his waist.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2495161.stm


Hmmmmmmmm ...

This has got me thinking. Aren't pharmaceuticals something like the 4th leading cause of preventable deaths world-wide?

Anyone help out here? Ahhhhh ... thanks Doc

Drugs and Doctors May be the Leading Cause of Death in U.S.

By Joseph Mercola, D.O.

http://www.mercola.com/2003/jan/15/doctors_drugs.htm


Adderall Deaths - Canada Suspends ADHD Drug, FDA Disagrees
February 14, 2005

Linked to 20 deaths, Shire Pharmaceuticals' Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder drug Adderall was
suspended by Health Canada, resulting in a ten per cent drop in the UK company's shares, according to a Bloomberg report.

The US FDA instead, citing their evaluation of Adderall before approval of the drug, says it has no plans to change the status of the drug in the United States.

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/02/14/adderall_deaths_canada_suspends_adhd_drug_fda_disagrees.htm

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Pretty scarry.

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