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Table
1. Products found by the FDA or the National Fish and Wildlife Service
Forensics Laboratory to contain undeclared drug substances. The list is
based on a report issued by the FDA in August 1999.
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Product
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Manufacturer
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"Long
Life Brand Ginseng Hui sheng Tsaitsaown"
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Nan
Lien Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Chaiwan,
Hong Kong
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"Chui
Fong" To Ukiwon Nan Lien
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Nan
Lien Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Chaiwan, Hong Kong
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"Sanlung
Pai" Ginseng Jui Sheng Tsai Tsaowan
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Nan
Lien Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Chaiwan, Hong Kong
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"Fonsuning"
To Ngwan "Tilong Pai"
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Nan
Lien Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Chaiwan, Hong Kong
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Chiushihton
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Ichongtai
Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
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Favina
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Baker
& Berlin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
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Shou
Sing Chui Fong To Ukuwan
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Shou
Sing Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Taipei, Taiwan
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Hippo
Brand Secret Formula Chui Fang Eng
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Nan
Lien Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Chaiwan, Hong Kong
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Chuifong
Toukuwan
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Sun
Wuen Trading Co., Ltd. Chaiwan, Hong Kong
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Long
Life Brand Nan Lien Chuifong Toukuwan
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Nan
Lien Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Chaiwan, Hong Kong
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Long
Life Brand New Formula Chuci Fong Tou-Gu Wan
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Nan
Lien Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Chaiwan, Hong Kong
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Shou
Sing Brand Chuifong of the Toukuwan
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Shou
Sing Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Taipei, Taiwan
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Chu
Feng Shih Wan
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Hui
Tai Pharmaceutical Taiwan
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Black
Pearl
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Manufactured
for International Arthritis and Pain Association Grand Cayman, B.W.I.
by Nan-Lien Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Hong Kong
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Cow's
Head Brand Tung Shueh Pills
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Ta
Ang Pharmaceutical Co. Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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China
Mong Num
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The
Peoples Pharmaceutical Factory Jilin, China, PROC
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Jin
Bu Huan Anodyne Tablets
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Bose
Drug Manufactory Kwangsi, China
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Chong
Ro Whan Herbal Anti-Diarrheal
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Dong
Sung Pharmaceutical 128 Nong Sung Ri Ki Hung Eup Yong In Kun Kyungki
Do Korea
|
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Chinese
Love Stone, Rock Hard, Black Stone, Stud 100
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Tsang
Fook Kee Medicine Co., Hong Kong
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Uterine
Fibrosis No. 2 Tablets
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Shanghai
College of Chinese Medicine
Dawn
(Shuquang) Hospital
Shanghai,
China
|
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Da
Huo Luo Wan
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Guangzhou
Chen Li Ji Pharmaceutical
Factory
Guangzhou, China
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Tsai
Tsao Wan
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Peking
Tung Jen Tang
Peking, China
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"Chu
Kiang" brand Yan Shen Jai Jao Wan
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The
United Pharmaceutical Manufactory
Fushan, China
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Sleeping
Buddha, Happy Buddha, Chinese Influ-X
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Mei
Kang Tang
Shanghai,
China
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Pe
Min Kan Wan Tablets
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United
Pharmaceutical Manufactory. Guangzhow, Peoples Republic of China
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Table
2. Products identified by the California Department of Health Services
as containing toxic ingredients. The list is based on a report issued by
the FDA in August 1999.
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Product
name
Manufacturer
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Ingredients
|
Adverse
reaction
|
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Butarzol
New
York Chemical, Bangkok, Thailand
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1,2-Diphenyl
1-3,5-dioxo-4-n-butylpyrazolidine
Diazepam
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Death,
agranulocytosis, convulsions, seizures, mental confusion
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Chuifong
Toukuwan
Nan-Lien
Pharmaceutical Co. Hong Kong Shou Sing Pharmaceutical Co., Taiwan
and others
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Aminopyrine
Cadmium
Chlordiazepoxide
Methyltestosterone
Chlorozoxozone
Acetaminophen
Diazepam
Indomethacin
Hydrochlorothiazide
Lead
Phenylbutazone
Prednisone
|
Death,
agranulocytosis, coma, sedation, increased male sex characteristics
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Cinnabar
Sedative Pills
Lanchow
Chinese Medicine Works, Lanchow, China
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Cinnabaris
(mercury)
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Death,
kidney disease, liver disease, diarrhea
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Comycin
powder or syrup for children
Thai
Charoen Bhaeaaj, Thailand
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Chloramphenicol
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Agranulocytosis,
aplastic anemia, cardiovascular collapse, hepatitis, vomiting,
diarrhea
|
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Koong
Yick Hung Far Oil aka Red Flower Oil
Koong
Yick & Co. Ltd., Singapore
|
70%
Methyl salicylate
Methyl
phthalate
|
Death,
coma convulsions, vomiting, headache
|
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Niu
Huang Chieh Tu Pien
Peking
Tung Jen Tang, Peking, China
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Borneo
camphor
|
Death,
convulsions, tremors, nausea, vomiting, headache
|
|
Niu
Huang Xiao Yan Wan aka Bezoar Antiphlogistic Pills
Suzhou
Lei Yung Shang, Chinese Medicine Works, Jiangau, China
|
Realqar
19.23% (arsenic disulfide)
|
Exfoliation
and pigmentation of skin, altered formation, degeneration of liver
and kidneys.
|
|
Noxa
Capsules
Krungdheb
Pharmacy Ltd. Part., Bukkalo, Dhonburi
|
Phenylbutazone
Chlordiazepoxide
|
Death,
agranulocytosis, convulsions, seizures, mental confusion, tiredness,
weakness
|
|
Po
Ying Tan Baby Protector
Po
Che Tong Poon Mo Um Co., Hong Kong
|
20%
camphor
|
Death,
convulsions, tremors, nausea, vomiting, headache
|
|
Tse
Koo Choy
WangHing
Co., Ltd., Hong Kong
|
Mercurous
chloride
Santonin
|
Mental
and sensory disturbances, mental deterioration, pink to red coloring
of extremities, tremor, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache
|
|
Wong
Lop Kong Oil
Wong
Lap Kwong Medicine Co. Ltd., Hong Kong
|
20%
camphor
|
Death,
convulsions, tremors, nausea, vomiting, headache
|
|
Zhong
Gan Ling
Meizhou
City Pharmaceutical Manufactory Guangdong, China
|
Aminopyrine
Chlorpheniramine
Dipyrone
|
Blood
dyscrasia, agranulocytosis
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