Homeopathic Products Caused the Death of Ten Children in the US

Medical Celia Hoffman
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Food and Drug Administration of USA (FDA) investigates the link between products and homeopathic teething side effects present in more than 400 babies. Symptoms include convulsions, exhaling difficulties, vomiting and constipation. So far, about 10 children died.

Most pharmaceutical chains have withdrawn products from the market and the FDA warned mothers to stop taking these products. Homeopathy is a practice that began in 1800 and is based on unfounded notion that patients are exposed to diluted doses of the factors that have contracted to increase immune tolerance to these factors.

Despite the fact that there is no evidence of the effectiveness of homeopathic treatments, many people still use such products. In the United States in 2012 were collected $6.4 billion from the sale of homeopathic medications, including those for teething.

FDA first alerted mothers about the potential risks of these homeopathic products since 2010, when they issued a statement on the toxicity of the mandrake Hyland teething tablets.

The belladonna plant is highly poisonous. In the past, it was used as an analgesic, but its effects are highly unpredictable.

After the first warning, the FDA has received more than 400 reports about the adverse reactions that may be related to teething in homeopathic products, including 10 deaths.

But these events were not officially connected with homeopathic products and FDA does not have enough evidence yet to make an official statement. But the investigation is in on the roll, which includes testing different products.

‘It is important to be aware that the reported events devote us information about the product, but in these situations it requires more analysis, now there is not enough conclusive evidence to say that there is a problem with a particular product,’ said the FDA members.

Hyland homeopathic products company announced on October 11 that it will cease to market teething products. But despite the public statements made by the FDA, the company still claims that their products were safe for public use.