The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about the danger of
phenylpropanolamine (PPA), a decongestant and appetite suppressant that occurs in …

Background: Phenylpropanolamine (PPA), a synthetic sympathomimetic agent, is a common
ingredient in appetite suppressants and over-the-counter cough and cold remedies. Since …

Case reports have linked exposure to phenylpropanolamine (PPA) to the occurrence of
hemorrhagic stroke. Many of the affected patients have been young women using PPA as an …

Purpose: Phenylpropanolamine is widely used and freely available without a doctor's
prescription in drug and grocery stores; it is the active ingredient in most diet aids and many …

Abstract purpose and patients and methods: Reports of severe adverse reactions following
the imagination of single (75 mg) or double doses of the sympathomimetic drug …

Following a recent case-control study that linked the use of phenylpropanolamine (PPA) in
diet aids to the risk of hemorrhagic stroke, the Food and Drug Administration requested that …

A five year study by Yale University, Connecticut, has found a small, but significant risk of
haemorrhagic stroke in women taking non-prescription cough and cold medicines, appetite …

Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) is contained in about 106 products, over half of which are
available over-the-counter (OTC). Most are cough/cold remedies; nine are OTC diet aids …

Although evidence-based medicine has caught on among physicians, it seems that
regulatory agencies persist in generating hysteria-based blanket recommendations. Donald …

The use of phenylpropanolamine (PPA) as an anorectic has provoked commentary and
disagreement. Its use in the last decade has been associated with a series of adverse …