1/20/2012

Could your denture cream give you zinc poisoning without you even knowing it?

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By Vrisha Lawlor


A professional team of Los Angeles lawyers generally have to help folks file suits for products that aren't exactly what they appear to be in the sense that they may cause more bad than good. One such product of late has been Fixodent denture adhesive.

Basically anybody who uses denture adhesives and denture creams excessively might be at some chance of zinc poisoning. In October of 2011 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) broadcast observations about the over-usage of zinc based denture adhesives and creams and their links with poisoning. It issued a caution saying that any client who uses more than two tubes per week to keep their dentures in place is in jeopardy. It also made a ruling that any denture cream or denture adhesive manufacturer should state on the product whether zinc is used in the said cream/adhesive.

So how did these observations come about? A bunch of Los Angeles attorneys explain.

As far back as 2008 a neurological paper published by the University of Texas revealed that when a study was done on denture wearers just about every one of them had remaining zinc levels in their body that had read to be higher than normal.

For example patients tested somewhere between 1.36 - 4.28 micrograms per millilitre. Normal readings are round the 1.10 mark. Patients were also experiencing insensibility and weakness of the legs, arms and hands, a distinct lack of co-ordination linked with poor balance, and a tingling and burning feeling which are all classic signs of zinc poisoning.

Actually one of the patients that they tested had arms and legs that were so puny she had to employ a wheelchair and had almost become reliant on it to get around. She had also developed incontinence and a fall in her cognitive capabilities. The lady in question had been using denture creams for more than 20 years.




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