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Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said ephedra had been linked to 155 deaths
Motor vehicles have recently been linked to 41K+ deaths annually in this country. Hmm...
http://www.ucheepines.org/pain_and_fever.htm
We should not regard any exposure a chemical that is not native to the body or the natural environment as being harmless or to be used safely without restraint. Aspirin is particularly harmful, and should be looked on with strong suspicion.
About 10,000 Americans each year lose their lives because of taking aspirin.
These deaths are entirely separate from accidental overdose in children.
Aspirin is the trade name for acetylsalicylic acid.
Approximately 5% of persons taking aspirin will have heartburn after a single dose. Bleeding in the stomach and ulceration may follow in susceptible individuals, and is the affliction with results in most of the deaths from aspirin.
Nearly 70% of persons taking aspirin daily show a daily blood loss of 1/2 to 11/2 teaspoons, and 10% of patients lose as much as 2 teaspoons of blood daily.
Aspirin may double the time necessary for human blood to clot, increasing the likelihood of hemorrhage.
By far, the most disabling of the adverse reactions to aspirin is that of asthma. Attacks of asthma are often caused by very small amounts of the drug, and may be accompanied by swelling of the larynx, abdominal pain, and shock.
In an occasional case, death may occur within minutes. Fortunately, this type of sensitivity is unusual, occurring in less than 0.2% of the general population.
560,000 ?
Aspirin is a major cause of death in children up to 6 years of age, accounting for more than 500 deaths from overdoses each year. One should never consider any drug, whether over-the counter or prescription to be totally safe. No one, and especially not children, should be exposed unnecessarily to any drug. And never expose the unborn baby to drugs, no matter how mild, including antacids, choose (chews?) for heartburn, antihistamines for motion sickness, or any other drug or chemical.
This point cannot be emphasized too strongly, as many infants are marked for life because of a small exposure to a chemical which the mother took while she was pregnant.
Often the defect in the child is of a biochemical nature rather than a structural abnormality. Perhaps the baby will not be able to make a certain enzyme needed to digest a particular nutrient, or make an essential blood component.