Mictableu Drugs From Vietnam Withdrawn from Sale in Cambodia

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Mictableu Drugs From Vietnam Withdrawn from Sale in Cambodia

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Mictableu Box / 10 × 10 suger coated tablets announced by the Ministry of Health to discontinue distribution and use
October 12, 2019, 8:56 AM
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The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Cambodia would like to inform the Director of the Provincial Health Department, the pharmacists and the public that the Ministry of Health has researched and found Mictableu Box / 10 × 10 suger coated tablets manufactured by the pharmaceutical company APCO ASIAPHARMACY Co., Ltd VIETNAM are being distributed without a permit from the Ministry of Health. It is being advertised on the internet as a miraculous drug, but it has not been cleared by the Cambodian health authorities as safe for use.

Therefore the sale of this medication must cease immediately from today and the public are advised not to use this drug. This is according to the Ministry of Health's announcement on its Facebook page.
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This is from the instruction booklet that comes with your pills
The full pharmacological and trial data is truly scary.

#17 PATIENT COUNSELING INFORMATION - advise patients of risks
Serotonin Syndrome
Death, changes in mental status, autonomic instability, or neuromuscular symptoms with or without gastrointestinal symptoms .

Pregnancy
Advise pregnant women of the potential risk to the fetus with the use of Mictasol Bleu (Methylene Blue) during pregnancy .
20% deformities

Breastfeeding
Don't

Elderly
Don't.

Driving and Using Machines
confusional state, dizziness and possible eye disturbances .

Phototoxicity
Yes
Skin and Body Fluid Blue Discoloration
Yes

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22 rue Marc Donadille
13013 Marseille, France
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SternAAlbifrons wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:07 pm This is from the instruction booklet that comes with your pills
The full pharmacological and trial data is truly scary.

#17 PATIENT COUNSELING INFORMATION - advise patients of risks
Serotonin Syndrome
Death, changes in mental status, autonomic instability, or neuromuscular symptoms with or without gastrointestinal symptoms .

Pregnancy
Advise pregnant women of the potential risk to the fetus with the use of Mictasol Bleu (Methylene Blue) during pregnancy .
20% deformities

Breastfeeding
Don't

Elderly
Don't.

Driving and Using Machines
confusional state, dizziness and possible eye disturbances .

Phototoxicity
Yes
Skin and Body Fluid Blue Discoloration
Yes

Manufactured for:
PROVEPHARM SAS
22 rue Marc Donadille
13013 Marseille, France
Ok, the least scary thing is that the Mictableu pills are produced for a French company, and standards for drugs in the EU are high. Every time you buy drugs in the EU, they give you a very scary list of everything that MIGHT go wrong, side effects that have (for example) affected 1/10,000 people treated. This is information of the risk factor available for patients, so it's not so scary. Even OTC drugs like aspirin and paracetamol carry these warnings in Europe.

However, what if these Mictableu drugs are being manufactured only for export to "third world" patients ? If this product is not sold in the EU, then that is a red flag for sure.
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Big Pharma saves and improves many lives, that is not disputed.
But at a terrible cost, and with a quite incomprehensible attitude of callous profit-driven cynicism.
Especially towards the third world.
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SternAAlbifrons wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2019 7:48 pm Big Pharma saves and improves many lives, that is not disputed.
But at a terrible cost, and with a quite incomprehensible attitude of callous profit-driven cynicism.
Especially towards the third world.
And they keep forgetting to put a label on them with instructions. What are those yellow, white and orange ones , they look yummy.

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