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Article: There Are Safer Alternatives to PPA for Colds and Flu.
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- November 10, 2000
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ --
The following release was issued by National Center for Homeopathy:
Homeopathic medicine provides a safe, effective, and fast-acting alternative for cold sufferers as phenylpropanolamine (PPA) is pulled from the market due to an increased risk of stroke in young women. Homeopathic medicines contain extremely dilute concentrations of substances that are chosen to stimulate the body's own healing forces.
Homeopathic medicines are safe even in pregnancy according to Dr. Joyce Frye, Philadelphia obstetrician gynecologist and president of the National Center. "My pregnant medical assistant was over her cold ...