Medical examiner: Sports cream caused teen's death

Discussion in 'Health and Fitness' started by slipthejab, Jun 9, 2007.

  1. slipthejab

    slipthejab Hark, a vagrant! Supporter

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/09/musclecream.death.ap/index.html

    Wow. This one surprised me.

     
  2. Davey Bones

    Davey Bones New Member

    :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

    Since when was icyhot fatal?!? Maybe she had an allergic reaction to something in the stuff? This falls into the category of "odd"...
     
  3. Ad McG

    Ad McG Troll-killer Supporter

    That's madness, she must have bathed in it. The LD is 100mg/kg so if she weighed 50kg... well you do the maths. That's a ridiculous amount, especially for a transdermal that is simply supposed to redden the skin.
     
  4. slipthejab

    slipthejab Hark, a vagrant! Supporter

    Yeah this is pretty much what I was thinking. This sort of stuff get used on everyone from kids to athletes to elderly adults with less than stellar immune systems. I'm wondering if this happens to be some sort of freak accident or we're not getting the full story. :confused:
     
  5. Mark Cotton

    Mark Cotton Valued Member

    There must have been something else in her system that reacted with it.
     
  6. holyheadjch

    holyheadjch Valued Member

    She must have been using it a lot over a prolonged period, perhaps the chemical built up over a significant period of time. Thats the only way I can this happening.
     

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