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Lethal medicine linked to meningitis outbreak

March 10, 2013 4:00 PM

Scott Pelley investigates New England Compounding Center (NECC), the pharmacy behind a tainted steroid that caused a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis.

Lethal medicine linked to meningitis outbreak
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by ggirl66 March 28, 2013 2:04 PM EDT
if you want the truth on how clean all vaccines are follow these 2 links below and view these 2 videos on you-tube to see what a microbiologist says. FDA or not we are not safe.
the first video has relevant remarks on clean vaccines at the 3:28 mark specifically of video. sales reps responce to Dr.Nicolsons question why
not clean vaccines.

Deadly Mycoplasma in Vaccines - Garth Nicolson_ microbiologist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W4tu5qgaWA

second video although not specifically on mold in medicines, speak to the
fact that clean is not in the vaccine company's list of important steps in
manufacturing product.

Chronic Diseases: Who's killing us, and how?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU12h6lWi9I

i hope these videos give viewers some real truth on what is in vaccines.
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by Cogitationitis March 14, 2013 4:30 PM EDT
This piece only tells half the story.

Compounding is a valuable and historic part of the pharmacy profession; once, all prescriptions were compounded. Restricting compounding, including sterile compounding, would severely hurt health care. I used to work in a specialty hospital that treated eye diseases; we compounded eye drops that were not commercially available (including for fungal infections). If there were a commercial product, we'd have used it in a minute. We freely gave out our recipes, and verified that each pharmacy on our list of possible compounding pharmacies was certified as sterile. But the truth is that our compounded eye drops saved the eyesight of thousands, and yet no manufacturer cared to make them--not enough profit.

Any pharmacy that performs sterile compounding must quarantine the product if it is to be used beyond a certain short time (usually up to 24 hours at room temperature, or 7 days refrigerated), and have an independent lab perform sterility tests on it. Those doing the compounding must be tested for sterility procedures annually. Yes, NECC had issues, but you ignore the thousands of doses of compounded drugs made for individual patients' needs daily in hospitals across the country. NECC crossed the line because they became a large-scale manufacturer, and a careless one at that.

Compounding itself is both safe and necessary. Some facilities do not have the means to make certain compounded drugs--such as the preservative-free methylprednisolone that cause the issue. In order to keep costs down, they must order it for office use from a central facility--a compounding pharmacy. But it is up to each facility who does so to independently verify that manufacturer is a safe one, and to test each lot they receive for sterility. Kudos to the hospitals that did so, and complained to the FDA, including one in Tennessee. Shame on those who did not.

By the way, the people being treated for the fungal meningitis are likely being treated with compounded drugs--because the doses must be individually tailored, and commercial products are limited in scope.
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by maryloupatey March 13, 2013 7:29 PM EDT
you should investigate the ongoing use of "Haldol". it is widely used to control patients in hospitals and nursing homes and can and does cause many bad side effects.
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by maryloupatey March 13, 2013 7:26 PM EDT
I am Canadian and we have many people who have also been harmed or killed by bad medical care. My son was killed at our local hospital on June 12/12. you can look at my story at www.justiceforjosh.com We need to make urgent changes.
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by leegam March 13, 2013 11:17 AM EDT
The FDA knew of problems at New England Compounding in 2002 and 2006 and
copped out by kicking it back to State authorities. Even if they used the
excuse of their hands were tied by congress they could have issued a warning
to the public about these issues. CBS in softball questioning of the FDA
commissioner never brings this up. Instead they raise the desire for more empowerment for an agency that has failed in the simple task of warning the public.
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by josephp5 March 12, 2013 11:50 PM EDT
Here are the culprits (13 Republicans, 4 Democrats):

H.R.1411
Latest Title: Food and Drug Administration Regulatory Modernization Act of 1997
Sponsor: Rep Burr, Richard [R-NC-5] (introduced 4/23/1997) Cosponsors (16)
Related Bills: S.830
Latest Major Action: 10/7/1997 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Latest Action: 10/7/1997 Laid on the table. See S. 830 for further action.(consideration: CR H8500)
House Reports: 105-310 COSPONSORS(16), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)

Rep Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] - 4/23/1997
Rep Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7] - 10/6/1997
Rep Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3] - 9/24/1997
Rep Coburn, Tom A. [R-OK-2] - 4/23/1997
Rep Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9] - 4/23/1997
Rep Dooley, Calvin M. [D-CA-20] - 9/24/1997
Rep Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8] - 4/23/1997
Rep Hastert, J. Dennis [R-IL-14] - 9/16/1997
Rep Inglis, Bob [R-SC-4] - 10/6/1997
Rep Klug, Scott L. [R-WI-2] - 4/23/1997
Rep McCarthy, Karen [D-MO-5] - 9/26/1997
Rep McHale, Paul [D-PA-15] - 10/6/1997
Rep Price, David E. [D-NC-4] - 9/26/1997
Rep Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] - 9/16/1997
Rep Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] - 9/10/1997
Rep Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] - 9/16/1997
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by lksteiner March 12, 2013 9:56 PM EDT
So my grandma is one of the the 48 who died. We provided a photo for this piece. There has to be a special place in Hell for these owners. Not only did they take our mother, grandmother and great grandmother from our family they killed her. She did not die from she was killed by....The govt needs to go in and freeze all of their acounts and assets the nerve of them to withdrawal 16 million just as people were dying. For my family not about the money, however, they should not be able to maintain their life style as the expense of my grandma's or anyone elses life. Something is really wrong with this. What would the reaction be had one of the victumes of these mass murders where powerful americans instead of just average americans trying to maintain an active and meanful life
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by lksteiner March 12, 2013 9:52 PM EDT
So my grandma is one of the the 48 who died. We provided a photo for this piece. There has to be a special place in Hell for these owners. Not only did they take our mother, grandmother and great grandmother from our family they killed her. She did not die from she was killed by....The govt needs to go in and freeze all of their acounts and assets the nerve of them to withdrawal 16 million just as people were dying. For my family not about the money, however, they should not be able to maintain their life style as the expense of my grandma's or anyone elses life. Something is really wrong with this. What would the reaction be had one of the victumes of these mass murders where powerful americans instead of just average americans trying to maintain an active and meanful life
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by annemasako March 12, 2013 7:21 PM EDT
I feel terrible for these folks injected with the tainted steroid. I hope they will try some Chinese herbs to get rid of the fungal infection (Health Concerns brand - Phellostatin). I'm sure there are other herbs to eliminate fungal infections but this is the one I know about. Best of luck to these patients. There needs to be more probing regarding the FDA and state regulatory agencies so these problems do not surface again.
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by hlmelsaid March 12, 2013 7:05 PM EDT
Unapproved compound.
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