Should The FDA put a warning on Sodium Phosphate Enemas?

Should The FDA put a warning on Sodium Phosphate Enemas?

There are about 30 incidences of irreversible renal failure in
(mostly women) who are routinely taking either ARBs or ACEIs and
undergoing bowel prep for surgery or colonoscopy. Sodium Urate
crystals form in the interstitium of the kidney.
Anyone can buy a Fleets Sodium enema without warning. It would be a
useful activity of this group to disseminate this information and
bring to the public and the FDA the idea that both the medication and
the enema should carry a black box warning.

David

Re: Should The FDA put a warning on Sodium Phosphate Enemas?

On May 25, 11:26 pm, "chorley...@gmail,com " <chorley...@gmail,com >
wrote:
> There are about 30 incidences of irreversible renal failure in
> (mostly women) who are routinely taking either ARBs or ACEIs and
> undergoing bowel prep for surgery or colonoscopy. Sodium Urate
> crystals form in the interstitium of the kidney.
> Anyone can buy a Fleets Sodium enema without warning. It would be a
> useful activity of this group to disseminate this information and
> bring to the public and the FDA the idea that both the medication and
> the enema should carry a black box warning.
>
> David

Crystals are calcium phospate salts, not urate, sorry for the error
David

Re: Should The FDA put a warning on Sodium Phosphate Enemas?


<chorleydnc@gmail,com > wrote in message
news:4328c96f-fb3b-4cb4-b760-f88dade88dce@26g2000hsk.googlegroups,com ...
> On May 25, 11:26 pm, "chorley...@gmail,com " <chorley...@gmail,com >
> wrote:
>> There are about 30 incidences of irreversible renal failure in
>> (mostly women) who are routinely taking either ARBs or ACEIs and
>> undergoing bowel prep for surgery or colonoscopy. Sodium Urate
>> crystals form in the interstitium of the kidney.
>> Anyone can buy a Fleets Sodium enema without warning. It would be a
>> useful activity of this group to disseminate this information and
>> bring to the public and the FDA the idea that both the medication and
>> the enema should carry a black box warning.
>>
>> David
>
> Crystals are calcium phospate salts, not urate, sorry for the error
> David

I do remember an oncologist friend of mine telling me that one must be
careful in certain patients because there are occassions the phosphate
enemas can result in hypocalcemia.

Re: Should The FDA put a warning on Sodium Phosphate Enemas?

On May 26, 5:20 pm, "Dr. Wayne Simon" <ari...@bellsouth,net > wrote:
> <chorley...@gmail,com > wrote in message
>
> news:4328c96f-fb3b-4cb4-b760-f88dade88dce@26g2000hsk.googlegroups,com ...
>
> > On May 25, 11:26 pm, "chorley...@gmail,com " <chorley...@gmail,com >
> > wrote:
> >> There are about 30 incidences of irreversible renal failure in
> >> (mostly women) who are routinely taking either ARBs or ACEIs and
> >> undergoing bowel prep for surgery or colonoscopy. Sodium Urate
> >> crystals form in the interstitium of the kidney.
> >> Anyone can buy a Fleets Sodium enema without warning. It would be a
> >> useful activity of this group to disseminate this information and
> >> bring to the public and the FDA the idea that both the medication and
> >> the enema should carry a black box warning.
>
> >> David
>
> > Crystals are calcium phospate salts, not urate, sorry for the error
> > David
>
> I do remember an oncologist friend of mine telling me that one must be
> careful in certain patients because there are occassions the phosphate
> enemas can result in hypocalcemia.

Well, not only that, remember, if your Calcium Phosphate product
exceeds 55 (in US values) you run the risk of dystrophic
calcification.
David