Subject: fw : danger of phenylpropanolamine - - - - - original message - - - - - from : jennifer glover [ mailto : jm . glover @ meritenergy . com ] sent : friday , january 12 , 2001 10 : 33 am to : donellec @ earthlink . net ; rglover @ halff . com ; andrea . danielson @ risd . org ; don 91 lin @ xit . net subject : fwd : danger of phenylpropanolamine this is why rusty and i couldn ' t find any alkaseltzer in any stores ! ! ! jennifer glover merit energy company senior property accountant ( 972 ) 383 - 6519 ? from : tammy cooper to : a . harrington @ meritenergy . com , a . smith @ meritenergy . com , amyc . smith @ meritenergy . com , claudia . breedlove @ meritenergy . com , darcie . boughton @ meritenergy . com , jm . glover @ meritenergy . com , lanna . bacchus @ meritenergy . com , mark . love @ meritenergy . com , sara . burnett @ meritenergy . com , tom . buechel @ meritenergy . com subject : danger of phenylpropanolamine date : fri , 12 jan 2001 10 : 27 : 20 - 0600 mime - version : 1 . 0 x - mailer : internet mail service ( 5 . 5 . 2653 . 19 ) content - type : multipart / alternative ; please forward this to the people you love . cvs has removed all products containing this chemical from their shelves . this was seen on the news both last night and this morning . thought it might be helpful for all of you to have the list . stop taking anything containing this ingredient . it has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke ( bleeding in brain ) among women ages 18 - 49 in the three days after starting use of medication . problems were not found in men , but the fda recommended that everyone ( even children ) seek alternative medicine . the following medications contain : alka - seltzer plus children ' s cold medicine effervescent alka - seltzer plus cold medicine ( cherry or orange ) alka - seltzer plus cold medicine original alka - seltzer plus cold & cough medicine effervescent alka - seltzer plus cold & flu medicine effervescent alka - seltzer plus cold & sinus effervescent alka seltzer plus night - time cold medicine effervescent bc allergy sinus cold powder bc sinus cold powder comtrex deep chest cold & congestion relief comtrex flu therapy & fever relief day & night contac 12 - hour cold capsules contac 12 hour caplets coricidin d cold , flu & sinus dimetapp cold & allergy chewable tablets dimetapp cold & cough liqui - gels dimetapp dm cold & cough elixir dimetapp elixir dimetapp 4 hour liqui gels dimetapp 4 hour tablets dimetapp 12 hour extentabs tablets naldecon dx pediatric drops permathene mega - 16 robitussin cf tavist - d 12 hour relief of sinus & nasal congestion triaminic dm cough relief triaminic expectorant chest & head congestion triaminic syrup cold & allergy triaminic triaminicol cold & cough acutrim diet gum appetite suppressant plus diary supplements acutrim maximum strength appetite control dexatrim caffeine free dexatrim extended duration dexatrim gelcaps dexatrim vitamin c / caffeine free please discard any of these medications as soon as possible !