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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Special Ed on June 09, 2007, 08:12:44 AM
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Muscle cream caused NYC teen's death
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070609/ap_on_he_me/muscle_cream_death (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070609/ap_on_he_me/muscle_cream_death)
NEW YORK - A medical examiner blamed a 17-year-old track star's death on the use of too much muscle cream, the kind used to soothe aching legs after exercise.
Arielle Newman, a cross-country runner at Notre Dame Academy on Staten Island, died after her body absorbed high levels of methyl salicylate, an anti-inflammatory found in sports creams such as Bengay and Icy Hot, the New York City medical examiner said Friday.
The medical examiner's spokeswoman, Ellen Borakove, said the teen used "topical medication to excess." She said it was the first time that her office had reported a death from using a sports cream.
Newman, who garnered numerous track awards, died April 13. She had gone to a party the night before, then returned home and spent hours talking with her mother.
Methyl salicylate poisoning is unusual, and deaths from high levels of the chemical are rare.
"Chronic use is more dangerous than one-time use," Edward Arsura, chairman of medicine at Richmond University Medical Center, told the Staten Island Advance on Friday. "Exercise and heat can accentuate absorption."
Dr. Ronald Grelsamer, of Mount Sinai Medical Center, said Newman had a very abnormal amount of methyl salicylate in her body.
"She either lathered herself with it, or used way too much, or she used a normal amount and an abnormal percentage was absorbed into her body," he said.
Her mother, Alice Newman, said she still couldn't believe her daughter's death was caused by a sports cream.
"I am scrupulous about my children's health," she told the Advance. "I did not think an over-the-counter product could be unsafe."
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i smell lawsuit :)
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"I did not think an over-the-counter product could be unsafe."
This woman is clearly lacking common sense.
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what does this have to do with clen?
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what does this have to do with clen?
Last week's headline about Clenbuterol was to the effect "Bodybuilding drug cures illness" -- a public relations victory for bodybuilding.
This week's headline about Ben-Gay was to the effect "Muscle cream kills" -- a public relations loss for the muscle industry.
Hope that helps!
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"Death by Ben-Gay"?!
She must've been using buckets.
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"Death by Ben-Gay"?!
She must've been using buckets.
Maybe she took it orally
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Last week's headline about Clenbuterol was to the effect "Bodybuilding drug cures illness" -- a public relations victory for bodybuilding.
This week's headline about Ben-Gay was to the effect "Muscle cream kills" -- a public relations loss for the muscle industry.
Hope that helps!
Ben Gay - Legal
Clen - Illegal
HOPE THIS HELPS!
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i smell lawsuit :)
;D Am I the only one who got that?
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;D Am I the only one who got that?
No way it would fly in court.
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No way it would fly in court.
I meant the smell part. ;D
On a serous note, with a molecular mass of 152.1494 g/mol it is easily absorbed thru the skin. Willing to bet a lawsuit will be filed and settled out of court. You can bet there will be new warning signs placed the the product.
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Clen - Illegal
Not in liquid form.....
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Not in liquid form.....
In the US, it's not approved for human consumption.
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Hey, my cat needs to lose a ton of weight..... :D
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Hey, my cat needs to lose a ton of weight..... :D
Good enough excuse for Uncle Sam!