Now cold and flu season is on us, this info is timely.

Subject: Phenylpropanolamine (PPA)

Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) which can cause hemorrhagic stokes or
cerebral bleeding even with the first use. Here's a list of other
medications that currently use PPA, these medicines below are
supposedly being recalled. But one of these was purchased less than
two weeks ago, pharmaceutical companies have known about this for
years.

It has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in
brain) among women ages 18-49 in the three days after starting use of
medication. Problems were not found in men, but the FDA recommended
that everyone (even children) seek alternative medicine.

The following medications contain Phenylpropanolamine:

Acutrim Diet Gum Appetite Suppressant
Acutrim Plus Dietary Supplements
Acutrim Maximum Strength Appetite Control
Alka-Seltzer Plus Children's Cold Medicine Effervescent
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold medicine (cherry or or ange)
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine Original
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Cough Medicine Effervescent
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Flu Medicine
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Sinus Effervescent
Alka Seltzer Plus Night-Time Cold Medicine
BC Allergy Sinus Cold Powder
BC Sinus Cold Powder
Comtrex Flu Therapy & Fever Relief
Day & Night Contac 12-Hour Cold Capsules
Contac 12 Hour Caplets
Coricidin D Cold, Flu & Sinus
Dexatrim Caffeine Free
Dexatrim Extended Duration
Dexatrim Gelcaps
Dexatrim Vitamin C/Caffeine Free
Dimetapp Cold & Allergy Chewable Tablets
Dimetapp Cold & Cough Liqui-Gels
Dimetapp DM Cold & Cough Elixir
Dimetapp Elixir
Dimetapp 4 Hour Liquid Gels
Dimetapp 4 Hour Tablets
Dimetapp 12 Hour Extentabs Tablets
Naldecon DX Pediatric Drops
Permathene Mega-16
Robitussin CF
Tavist-D 12 Hour Relief of Sinus & Nasal Congestion
Triaminic DM Cough Relief
Triaminic Expectorant Chest & Head
Triaminic Syrup Cold & Allergy
Triaminic Triaminicol Cold & Cough

Orange 3D Cold & Allergy Cherry (Pink)
3D Cold & Cough Berry
3D Cough Relief Yellow 3D Expectorant

To confirm these findings please take time to check the following:

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/ucm150738.htm
FDA's Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee recently discussed this
Yale study along with additional information on phenylpropanolamine.
The Advisory Committee determined that there is an association between
PPA and hemorrhagic stroke. It recommended that PPA be considered not
safe for over-the-counter use.