Stop Consuming Panadol

My husband was working in a hospital as an IT engineer, as the hospital is planning to set up a database of its patient. And he knows some of the doctor quite well. The doctors used to tell him that whenever they have a headache, they are not willing to take PANADOL (PARACETMOL). In fact, they will turn to Chinese Herbal Medicine or find other alternatives.

This is because Panadol is toxic to the body, and it harms the liver. According to the doctor, Panadol will reside in the body for at least 5 years. And according to the doctor, there used to be an incident where an air stewardess consumes a lot of panadol during her menstrual as she needs to stand all the time. She's now in her early 30's, and she needs to wash her kidney (DIALYSIS) every month.

As said by the doctor that whenever we have a headache, that's because it is due to the electron/Ion imbalance in the brain. As an alternative solution to cope with this matter, they suggested that we buy 1 or 2 cans of isotonic drink (eg.100PLUS), and mix it with drinking water according to a ratio of 1:1 or 1:2 (simply, it means one cup 100plus, one cup water. or 2 cups water).Me and my husband have tried this on several occasions, and it seems to work well. Another method will be to submerge your feet in a basin of warm water so that it brings the blood pressure down from your throbbing head. As Panadol is a pain killer, the more Panadol you take, the lesser would be your threshold for pain (your endurance level for pain).

We all will fall ill as we aged, for woman, we would need to go through childbirth. Imagine that we had spent our entire life popping quite a substantial amount of Panadol (Pain Killer) when you need to have a surgery or operation, you will need a much more amount of general anesthetic to numb your surgical pain than the average person who seldom or rarely takes Panadol. If you have a very high intake of Panadol throughout your life (Migraine, Menstrual cramps) it is very likely that normal general anesthetic will have no effects on you as your body is pumped full with panadol and your body is so used to pain killer that you would need a much stronger pain killer, Morphine????

The MOH announced that this particular brand - Double Swan Brand Pai Fong Wan by Hua Tai Trading Co. contain excessive level of mercury. Prolonged consumption of excessive amounts of mercury is harmful and can lead to complications such as abdominal pain, vomiting, bloody diarrhoea and in serious cases, fatal convulsions.

You may like to go to website to read more about it.
http://www.moh.gov.sg/health/releases/JunCPMpr.html

PRESS STATEMENT CHINESE PROPRIETARY MEDICINE FOUND TO CONTAIN HEAVY METAL EXCEEDING LEGAL PERMISSIBLE LIMIT.

The Ministry of Health would like to draw the attention of the public to a Chinese proprietary medicine, Pai Fong Wan, which was found to contain mercury exceeding the permissible limit of 0.5 ppm.

The details of this product are as follows:
Product Name/Brand : Pai Fong Wan (Double Swan)
Importer/Distributor: Hua Tai Trading Co.
Use : Health Tonic
Toxic : metal detected, mercury

Prolonged consumption of excessive amounts of mercury is harmful and can lead to complications such as abdominal pain, vomiting, bloody, diarrhoea and in serious cases, fatal convulsions.

Those who have possession of the affected product are advised to either destroy the product or surrender the product to the Ministry of Health's Inspectorate Section at 2 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore169547 for disposal.

It is an offence under the Medicines Act to sell Chinese proprietary medicines containing toxic heavy metals namely arsenic, copper, lead and mercury beyond the legal permissible limits. The penalty for an offence under the Medicines Act is a fine of $5,000 or 2 years imprisonment or both.

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Other Pai Fong Wan Product which have been recall by Singapore Government:-

Recall No : PR080009
Date : 3 June 2008
Name of Product : Jin Pai Wu Ji Bai Feng Wan (金牌乌鸡白凤丸)
Batch No : 20070506
Pack Size : 6 gm/bottle
Class of Recall : 2
Level of Recall : Retail
Product Reference No : 116592
Local Company : Kinhong Pte Ltd
Manufacturer : Maanshan Shenlu Kerui Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
Country of Manufacture : China
Reason for Recall : Contained arsenic above the permissible limit of 5 ppm


Recall No : PR060043
Date : 10 August 2006
Name of Product : Poh Kian Brand Pai Fong Wan (保健牌双料乌鸡白凤丸)
Batch No : 13014
Pack Size : 10g/unit
Class of Recall : 2
Level of Recall : Retail
Product Reference No : 108222
Local Company : Lee Fah Trading Co
Manufacturer : S H Uniflex Chinese Medical Factory Sdn Bhd (友谊中药工业有限公司)
Country of Manufacture : Malaysia
Reason for Recall : Total Aerobic Microbial Count above the permissible limit of 100,000 cfu/g


Class of Recall

Class 1 recall is initiated when the product defect poses a life-threatening situation to users. Some examples of defects that will result in a Class 1 recall are non-sterile injections, contamination with toxic substances and products with major labelling errors.

Class 2 recall is initiated when the problem or defect is unlikely to cause serious harm to users. Some examples of defects that will result in a Class 2 recall include products with minor labelling errors or products which fail to meet product specification or pharmacopoeia standards but are likely to cause minimal hazard to users.