…How can Merck get away claiming that MiraLAX is “safe” and “without harsh side effects?” Well, just like it did with Vioxx, another presumably “safe” miracle drug [12]. Following this well established pattern, Merck will continue milking MiraLAX’s franchise for as long as it can. When the time will finally arrive to recall it, Merck’s army of lawyers will keep fighting its victims until they’ll settle en masse for pennies on the dollar [13]. It’s a cost of doing business, nothing personal…
But this ugly story doesn’t end with laxatives. It actually gets even uglier — food grade polyethylene glycol (under the Carbowax Sentry trade name) is commonly added to chewing gums, table-top sweeteners, and energy drinks. It is also used as a base in solid and liquid soaps, shampoos, bath and shower gels; body and face creams and lotions; toothpastes, ointments and suppositories; as a tablet binder in drugs and supplements; as a lubricant in vaginal gels and eye drops; and as a solvent in cough medicines and elixirs. Many of those products are used by children of all ages [14]…
http://www.gutsense.org/gutsense/the-role-of-miralax-laxative-in-autism-dementia-alzheimer.html
An the FDA? Aren’t they protecting us? Thanks to Rocky for the above link.
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