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FDA Warns Public Away From Deadly Supplements Sold as a Cancer Cure
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1893" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/fda-warns-public-away-from-deadly-supplements-sold-as-a-1841478657" target="_blank"><strong>FDA Warns Public Away From Deadly Supplements Sold as a Cancer Cure - Gizmodo</strong></a></p><p></p><p>The Food and Drug Administration is warning the public to stay far away from supplements, touted as a cancer cure, that are made with an ingredient linked to irregular heartbeats, seizures, and even deaths.</p><p></p><p>On Wednesday, the agency issued a public health alert for dietary supplements containing cesium salts, a kind of mineral salt. These products usually contain a specific formulation known as cesium chloride. The alert warns both customers to not take these products and doctors not to recommend them.</p><p></p><p>“Multiple clinical case reports and non-clinical studies show significant safety concerns related to the use of such products, including potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmias, hypokalemia (low potassium), seizures, syncope (fainting, unresponsiveness), and death,” the alert <a href="https://www.fda.gov/food/dietary-supplement-products-ingredients/public-health-alert-concerning-dietary-supplements-containing-cesium-salts" target="_blank">reads.</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1893, member: 1"] [URL='https://gizmodo.com/fda-warns-public-away-from-deadly-supplements-sold-as-a-1841478657'][B]FDA Warns Public Away From Deadly Supplements Sold as a Cancer Cure - Gizmodo[/B][/URL] The Food and Drug Administration is warning the public to stay far away from supplements, touted as a cancer cure, that are made with an ingredient linked to irregular heartbeats, seizures, and even deaths. On Wednesday, the agency issued a public health alert for dietary supplements containing cesium salts, a kind of mineral salt. These products usually contain a specific formulation known as cesium chloride. The alert warns both customers to not take these products and doctors not to recommend them. “Multiple clinical case reports and non-clinical studies show significant safety concerns related to the use of such products, including potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmias, hypokalemia (low potassium), seizures, syncope (fainting, unresponsiveness), and death,” the alert [URL='https://www.fda.gov/food/dietary-supplement-products-ingredients/public-health-alert-concerning-dietary-supplements-containing-cesium-salts']reads.[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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