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It is found in a variety of over-the-counter (OTC) medications, most notably the brand Doan's Pills, as an anti-inflammatory, primarily for back-pain relief. Magnesium salicylate can be an effective OTC alternative to prescription NSAIDs, with both anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effects.
Generic drug manufacturers often change the way in which prescription drug ingredients are made in order to lower costs of making them, so this kind of contamination may be more widespread and undetected in generic drugs. [21] 2022–2023 United States P. aeruginosa outbreak in eye drops
A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people. [1] Drug overdose and intoxication are significant causes of accidental death and can also be used as a form of suicide. Death can occur from overdosing on a single or multiple drugs, or from combined drug intoxication (CDI) due to poly drug use.
In 2018, the family of a man killed by a fentanyl pill from a Mexican pharmacy called on U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and then-Sen. Kamala Harris to act. Little has been done in the intervening years.
A Gastonia pharmacist is facing federal charges after he sold prescription drugs illegally, according to court documents. Cole Dixon Moore, 35, of South Carolina, has been charged with four counts ...
In total, Jeffrey Dahmer killed 17 victims—usually young, gay men—between 1978 and 1991 by luring them to his home and then drugging them. The drugs he used, triazolam and temazepam, were an ...
The U.S. had executed 1,283 people via lethal injection as of April 2017. [10] The number of people executed annually in China is thought to surpass all other countries combined, though the actual number is a state secret, [ 11 ] and the percentage of people killed via lethal injection and the other method of execution used there, firing squad ...
Deadliest outbreak of the 0157 strain, with 21 people killed. [32] [33] 1998 – Delhi oil poisoning. In New Delhi, India, edible mustard oil adulterated with Argemone mexicana seed oil caused epidemic dropsy in thousands of people, [34] because Argemone mexicana seed oil contains the toxic alkaloids sanguinarine and dihydrosanguinarine. Over ...