Re: Recall: nasal spray decongestant

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No, and I looked it up! Can't find the post, either.
On 3/21/04, ff wrote:
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>
> Clarification:
>
> The investigation referred to below was in Florida and not
> related to the Colorado incident.
>
> ff
>
>> DD:
>>
>> Yes, it was recalled due to contamination with pseudomonas,
>> whoops!, Burkholderia cepacia.
>>
>> Pseudomonas aeruginosa was an organism intended to be included
>> in the investigation by the state (AEROTECH was the
>> contractor).
>>
>> ff
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>>
>> I was On 3/21/04, dd wrote:
>>> I have no idea, but I had walking pnuemonia after
>> exposure.
>>> I refused to take the nasal decongestants that were given
>> to
>>> me because my symptoms got much worse after one dosage.
>>> Most of these sprays contain steriods of some sort and that
>>> is an immune system supressant. Saline water is best. Guess
>>> I'll get the pharmacy company nazis after me now. Just
>>> kidding, sort of.
>>>
>>> Are you referring to the nasal spray itself being
>>> contaminated with this bacteria?
>>>
>>> You are speaking to someone who has been poisoned with
>>> chlordane twice, once by landlord who worked at chemical
>>> company and the other time by Terminex. Dioxin and a couple
>>> of others were in the mix.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/21/04, ff wrote:
>>>> DD:
>>>>
>>>> The product was recalled after a hospital in Colorado
>>>> reported infections and found Burkholderia cepacia, in the
>>>> product.
>>>>
>>>> DD, in your research maybe you could find why this
>>>> organism, pseudomonas, was renamed Burholderia cepacia.
>>>> It is also a common plant pathogen, and that's where I
>>>> first saw the name change. Research indicates that a
>>>> common fungicide routinely applied to soil (and
>>>> incorporated into paints, coatings, and materials) causes
>>>> shifts in populations to dominance by pseudomonas.
>>>>
>>>> Is pseudomonas on your list of microbes tested for? I'd
>>>> place pseudomonas into the group of ignored pathogens in
>>>> IAQ situations, along with fusarium and cyanobacteria.
>>>> One agency's theory was that the three flourish after
>>>> chemical application.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ff

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