Posts Tagged ‘Poligrip’
Fox 26 Houston – Denture Cream Dangers
Ed Blizzard discusses the dangers posed by zinc in popular denture adhesive creams with Fox 26’s Melissa Wilson.
ABC Pittsburgh – Lawsuit: Super Poligrip User Became Permanently Disabled
ABC Pittsburgh reports:
A lawsuit was filed against denture adhesive maker GlaxoSmithKline by a Butler County woman who claims that the company’s product left her permanently disabled.
[Her attorney] said harmful levels of zinc in Super Poligrip caused his client, 41-year-old Terri Charpentier, to suffer a copper imbalance.
The copper deficiency forced Charpentier to leave her job and confined her to a wheelchair for a while, according to Peirce.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Woman Sues Over Damage From Polygrip
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports:
Terri Charpentier, 41, a mother of two from the Butler area, today sued GlaxoSmithKline in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, claiming harmful levels of zinc in Glaxo’s Super Poligrip denture cream led to a nerve disorder that forced her to resign her clerical job and left her unable to drive or to walk without a walker or a cane.
Mrs. Charpentier alleges that the zinc level led to a…
InjuryBoard – Denture Cream Linked to Zinc Poisoning
Ray De Lorenzi, of the American Association for Justice, writes on InjuryBoard:
GlaxoSmithKline sold dangerous denture cream for over 14 years, while there were plenty of studies to suggest the link between excessive zinc and copper deficiency. To alert consumers, it seems GlaxoSmithKline inserted a piece of paper into the product’s box containing statements that slightly resembled warnings. The headline on the insert read, “For Best Results Start With a Small Amount.”
It is…
24/7 Wall St. – Retirement Comes Early For Seniors Hopped Up On Poligrip
The blog 24/7 Wall St. writes:
[L]ast month, GlaxoSmithKline (the pharmaceutical company that can do nothing right) recalled a popular dental adhesive called Super Poligrip from the market because it contained high levels of Zinc, and some people who used the cream had shown some adverse symptoms associated with the effects of Zinc poisoning (they were dying)…While most of the things that go wrong with GSK are accidents caused by whatever ancient curse was…
New York Times – Weak Rules on Toxins and Safety
David Leonhardt of the New York Times reports:
For 14 years until just last month, GlaxoSmithKline sold a denture cream called Super Poligrip that contained high levels of zinc.
The zinc helped with adhesion and was probably safe so long as people used moderate amounts of cream. Indeed, the human body needs small amounts of zinc to function. But some people ended up using much larger amounts, and they began to develop the kind…
BNET – Glaxo, P&G Breathing Easy: Denture-Cream Zinc-Poisoning Cases Still Few and Far Between
BNet is reporting:
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Procter & Gamble (PG) are on the defensive over the use of zinc in their respective denture fixative brands, Poligrip and Fixodent. But they may have less to worry about than previously thought, as an expected tidal wave of lawsuits has so far been just a trickle.
Both companies have been sued by consumers who claim that zinc in the denture creams has caused nerve damage, but they…
Huffington Post: Proctor & Gamble Adds Zinc Warning to Fixodent Website
Ed Blizzard, partner at Blizzard, McCarthy & Nabers writes on Huffington Post today:
Recently, Proctor & Gamble, manufacturer of popular Fixodent denture adhesives, added a warning to their website alerting consumers of the dangers associated with the zinc in its products. While the potential for zinc poisoning via one’s denture cream has been making news lately, Proctor & Gamble has so far refused to take any action to secure the safety of…
The Agonist – Of Day Jobs, Dentures and Tort Deform
Nat Wilson Turner writes on The Agonist:
One of the most interesting projects I’ve been working on is an endeavor to warn people of the dangers presented by denture creams such as Fixodent and Poligrip.
This will shock some of you, and others will not be surprised, but the relatively high levels of zinc present in these products present a very real danger to people with poorly fitting dentures who use a lot…
NPR–WCPN: Lawsuits Claim Denture Creams Are Making People Sick
Hundreds of people across the country are suing the makers of two popular brands of denture cream claiming the adhesive caused various health problems from arm and leg numbness, to loss of balance. The Plain Dealer reports this is not just grandma and grandpa’s problem. Some of the people who’ve gotten sick have been as young as 26. The two brands under the microscope are Fixodent and Poligrip.
