[Digital Sniper]

The lots of heparin, whose key ingredient was imported from China...

Stopped reading there. That line says it all.

[neverdem]

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[gondramB]

I don't see how this can be. I'm sure the chinese pigs they used in the Chinese factory that the FDA didn't inspect were perfectly clean.

[Gorzaloon]

Condroitin sulfate is a compound in the same family as heparin, so preliminary testing did not identify it, Woodcock said. She said more exacting tests by the government and university researchers uncovered the contaminant.

Oversulfated condroitin sulfate would be less expensive to make than heparin, but FDA officials said they could not estimate the cost difference.

OH, like Melamine was less expensive than Gluten, but raised the Nitrogen assays to make the product appear better, and therefore worth more?

Like Ethylene Glycol was cheaper than Glycerine in tooth paste?

WHY are we buying food and drugs from this festering cesspool where Human Life means nothing?

[Texas Songwriter]

I wonder if they were ‘cutting’ heparin with chondroitin sulfate to save money.

[neverdem]

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[Marysecretary]

I have to take it every time I have dialysis, 3 x a week. I’m still alive.

[Marysecretary]

I have to take it every time I have dialysis, 3 x a week. I’m still alive.

[Mygirlsmom]

My father received the Chinese heparin right about that time while hospitalized for pneumonia induced by a lapse in his care (long story).

While he's physically recovered from the pneumonia, he still feels pretty crummy - the littlest things tire him out. I have to believe there's a connection, but I guess in the long run, it could have been worse.