Guest guest Posted March 25, 2000 Report Share Posted March 25, 2000 Greetings.... Please excuse a second dispatch in one week, but there was some BREAKING NEWS today which might have a profound impact on any of us with arrhythmia problems. PROPULSID, a popular medication for heart burn is off the market... after patient records linked it to the deaths of at least 80 people... and several hundred more who required treatment for faulty heart beats. Details are available from several sources on our NEWS PAGE, accessible via the newsletter at http://www.duff.net/zapper. I don't want to frighten anyone, however, if you are currently taking this medication... call your doctor after looking over the news reports. Personally, I would NOT wait until a " decent " hour, as any cardiac patient with a prescription for Propulsid should have already been called by a doctor or pharmacist. Making the call will let you sleep better this weekend, if nothing else. Another neat story in the news today looks at the chilling effect of FDA approval of new medical devices because of the quality control issues raised by a year long string of notices about possible defects. There is a companion article (side bar) by the (Minneapolis) Pioneer Press, listing all the various units involved in those reports in the past twelve months. Finally a reminder: We start a THIRD weekly Zap•Chat tomorrow at 1PM EST. While our test of the Voice*Chat program went well Thursday... We found people on WebTV, those using Macs, or anyone without audio capabilities would be left out. So.... we will continue to use the old Text based Zap•Chat program... accessible via http://www.duff.net/zapper/chat/freechat. Those who are able to use the (free) HearMe voiceCONTACT program available at http://www.hearme.com/products/voicecontact/download/ are encouraged to open a second window (after logging into the old chat site) and go to http://www.duff.net/zapper/chat.htm where you can talk with others on line. Many of us found switching between the windows very easy... and had a real treat finally hearing what many of our " Electric Kangaroo Colleagues " sound like! Join us if you can.... Stay well everyone! Duffey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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