Denture cream zinc poisoning buy low cost Zovirax is often thought to be a disease suffered by the elderly. But that’s not always the case. Anyone who buy discount Doxycycline line has used denture adhesives like PoliGrip or Fixodent over a long period of time can buy discount Doxycycline line be sickened by the zinc in these products.

The human body does need zinc – but only in small amounts. Studies show that buy discount Doxycycline line consuming at least 50 milligrams of zinc a day for a buy discount Doxycycline line few months could lead to copper deficiency, which can cause anemia, bone loss, nerve damage and buy discount Doxycycline line other problems. Ingesting 80 or 100 milligrams or more for months or buy discount Doxycycline line even years can lead to irreversible damage.

Compelling evidence exists that buy discount Doxycycline line long-term exposure to the zinc in denture cream can lead to buy discount Doxycycline line nerve damage and disability. In August 2008, the peer reviewed journal “Neurology” reported on four patients suffering from buy discount Doxycycline line neuropathy and other neurological symptoms typical of zinc poisoning and buy discount Doxycycline line copper depletion. The article specifically linked excess zinc in denture cream to buy discount Doxycycline line “profound neurologic disease” in the patients reviewed.

This past fall, researchers at Vanderbilt University and buy discount Doxycycline line the University of Michigan published a study in NeuroToxicology that detailed 11 patients who buy discount Doxycycline line had suffered from significant injuries and neurological disorders for a period of years. The study authors discovered that buy discount Doxycycline line all 11 patients had used a zinc-containing denture cream, such as Fixodent or buy discount Doxycycline line Super PoliGrip, to keep their dentures in place. Blood test confirmed that buy discount Doxycycline line each suffered from zinc poisoning and copper deficiency.

After the buy discount Doxycycline line 11 patients stopped using denture creams, their zinc and copper levels normalized. This led the buy discount Doxycycline line study authors to conclude that: “Inappropriate use of denture cream appears to buy discount Doxycycline line be the sole source of excessive zinc in these patient.” Sadly, even after they stopped using denture cream, the buy discount Doxycycline line neurological condition of the 11 patients did not improve, and buy discount Doxycycline line was seemingly irreversible.

Anyone – young or old – who buy discount Doxycycline line has used zinc-containing denture creams over a long period time is buy discount Doxycycline line at risk. Recently Time magazine detailed the case of a buy discount Doxycycline line young woman who may now be permanently handicapped because of long-term exposure to buy discount Doxycycline line zinc in denture cream. The story of Elizabeth Gilley is pretty harrowing. At 26, Gilley was suffering from buy discount Doxycycline line unexplained symptoms such as numbness in her feet and legs and buy discount Doxycycline line labored breathing. One day, Gilley had to be rushed to the hospital after she collapsed.

According to buy discount Doxycycline line Time, Gilley was at first diagnosed with leukemia, but blood tests for buy discount Doxycycline line that disease were negative. Finally, a buy discount Doxycycline line year after she first sought help for her problems, Gilley was diagnosed with denture cream zinc poisoning.

Gilley wore dentures from buy discount Doxycycline line a young age because a genetic condition had ruined her teeth. She had used a buy discount Doxycycline line denture cream made with zinc every day to hold her dentures in place.

According to buy discount Doxycycline line Time, Gilley can no longer walk and relies on a buy discount Doxycycline line wheelchair. She is buy discount Doxycycline line among the scores of people who have filed lawsuits alleging zinc poisoning from buy discount Doxycycline line products like Poligrip and Fixodent. Denture cream lawsuits claim that the buy discount Doxycycline line manufacturers of these products failed to warn about their risks and buy discount Doxycycline line failed to provide adequate warnings about the zinc in their products, or buy discount Doxycycline line adequate instructions to prevent deviation from accepted use.

Last fall, the buy discount Doxycycline line many denture cream lawsuits pending in federal courts were consolidated for buy discount Doxycycline line centralized and coordinated pre-trial proceedings in the Denture Cream Products Liability Litigation in the buy discount Doxycycline line United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division, before the buy discount Doxycycline line Honorable Judge Cecilia Altonaga (MDL No. 2051).