Hand sanitizers in the U.S. are banned from using methanol. The
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) noted that it is not an “acceptable ingredient” in any drug, and can be toxic to the point of causing death. Instead, manufacturers of hand sanitizers use safer alternatives like isopropanol and ethanol.
But many disinfectant products produced overseas can still contain this potentially deadly chemical. Furthermore, the FDA has warned that not every hand sanitizer product in the American market that has methanol in it might not have it listed as an ingredient.
Doctors are warning that methanol can be absorbed through the skin. This can result in methanol toxicity. Some of its symptoms include vomiting, nausea, lightheadedness, heart palpitations and headaches, according to Dr. Jennifer Love, an adjunct instructor at
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ATTIRE and CONFIRM trials may not change practice, but are still important
Two approaches to managing patients with cirrhosis, either decompensated or type 1 hepatorenal syndrome (HRS-1), turned in mostly disappointing results, according to findings from a pair of phase III trials.
In hospitalized patients with decompensated cirrhosis, albumin infusions to boost the albumin level to a target of ≥30 g/L was not more beneficial than the current U.K. standard of care, described in a 2018 trial outline, reported Louise China, PhD, of University College London, and ATTIRE co-authors.
In the second study, terlipressin was more effective than placebo for improving renal function in adults with cirrhosis and HRS-1, but the treatment was tied to serious adverse events (AEs), including respiratory failure, wrote Florence Wong, MBBS, MD, of the University of Toronto, and CONFIRM co-authors.
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