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ft raffpffflftg i s y- economist suntribune health news thursday nov 9 2000 products containing phenyipropanotaimeppa at stouffville pharmacies byjoanransberry staff writer c stouffville pharmacists are pulling cough medicines off the shelves anri issuing warnings to their customers after a united states health agency announced that many overthecounter cold medications contain a health threatening ingredient a health canada has not as yet issued at product recall order instead drug store officials are using their owh discretidnwhen dealing with the situation drug companies including pharmasave are now ordering theirproductsremdved from the shelves r pharmacist farid wassef of guardianhouston pharmacy is keeping his eyes on the cough medicine shelves at his main street store if a customer selects a brand containing phenylpropanolaime ppa wassef intervenes sug gesting they not buy such prod- ucts as dimetappex entex- a many triaminic cold remedies and alkaseltzer plus- there are quite- a number ofproducts without ppa available wassef stressed ppahas been linked to bleed ing strokes in adults under 50 particularly women studies show women taking ppa are between three and 16 times more apt to have a stroke arid bleed into the brain thats a substantial risksaid wassef while the fda is working towards banning ppa its asking pharmacists to voluntarily stop selling any- products with the questionable ingredient in total there are 63 products in canada- that contain ppat of the 500 overthecounter cold medications fewer than 10 per cent contain ppa pharmacist kathybradshaw has voluntarily removed all products containing ppaprod- ucts from the shelves at the local ida drug store theres no need to take a product that has a risk if there is an alternativethere are plenty to chose from stouffville ida pharmacist kathy j y bracbhaw c t theres no need totakea product that has a risk if there is an alternative said bradshaw there are plenty to chose from after the us drug and food administration issued its warning health canada put out a health advisory recom mending that consumers not use any products containing ppa until the department cow pletesa full evaluation of the scientific and medical ques- tions containing the ingredi ent pharmacists across canada including those in stouffville are waiting for further direction from health canada so far they health canada have yet to pro- vide us with a fist said farid sandra liaros store manager of shoppers drug mart has pulled all the questionable prod ucts off the shelves r as well shoppers drug mart has issued an advisory to anyone having ppa products in their home medicine cabinet they can return the prod- ucts for a full refund even if a- receipt is not available said- liaros rf vxi stouffville residents are ask- photojoan ransberry stouffvilles main street houston central pharmacy pharmacist owner farid vaffef points to some of the products containing the banned dfugppa ing questions weve had calls it is a concern said liaros this health problem is further compounded in the united states where many over counter weight loss products contain ppa in canada ppa is not allowed in diet medications farid pointed out j the young wbmenare over- weight which increases their risk factor theytake the product arid further increase the risk of a- stroke but thereare no ppa in diet products in- canada said wassef while pharmaceutical manu- factoring- companies across north america are dealing with the ppa element it is not an issue with the stouffvillebased nova pharm we do not make any prod ucts with ppa said company vicepresident david windrow over thecounter medications are not manufactured at- the main st w plantwe only deal with prescription drugs said windrow efe6 flu shots at town offices v markham stouffville hospital is coming to stpuffvillethis month armed with freebies freeflu shots will be given atthe town of whitchurchstouffville council chambers fourth floor at 37 sandiforcl dr on nov 20 23 27 and 30 from 530830 pm on all four dates the clinics are being staged by the family doc tors of the hospital andyork region public health the shots are available to ontario residents with health cards 1 your family doctor is your best resource per son said hospital spokesperson pamela brodie residents should see their family doctor or access these clinics people attending to get flu shots will be asked for for their name date of birth doctorsname and healthcard l harrybowes doksnot have tiawn signs they clutter up the landscape they do not convey the character or integrity of the candidate they cost money it through 10 elections harry has ndtcepted la jpenny in campaign vj7v cdntribiiti6iis r he miit economize on monday nov 13 2000 reelect cliffdunkeld a community minded person cliff dunkeld x councillor ward 4 remember 6n monday november 13th vote experience voje for proven leadership vote for conscientious representation vote emmersonq mayor i wayne is once again asking for your 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