A progression of my practice now has me working with the Billy Murphy Firm in Baltimore, MD.
1 South Street, 23rd Floor Baltimore, Maryland 21202. Tel #: 410-539-6500.
My good friend Mark Zamora is at the forefront of helping people injured by this supplement. Our office has been investigating cases in Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania. What we know is this:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration informed consumers about Tropical Orange and Peach Nectar, and Total Body Mega Formula in the Orange/Tangerine flavor. The liquid dietary supplement products may cause severe adverse reactions, including significant hair loss, muscle cramps, diarrhea, joint pain and fatigue.
The Total Body Formula products were sold in eight-ounce and 32-ounce plastic bottles. The Total Body Mega Formula was sold in 32-ounce plastic bottles. Both products are distributed by Total Body Essential Nutrition of Atlanta. The company is the sole distributor of the products and has voluntarily recalled Total Body Formula in the flavors of Tropical Orange and Peach Nectar and Total Body Mega Formula in Orange/Tangerine flavor.
FDA laboratories are analyzing samples of the products to identify the cause of the reactions, including the possibility that the products contain excessive amounts of selenium, which is known to cause symptoms such as those described in the adverse events reported to the agency. Selenium, a trace mineral, is needed only in small amounts for good health.
Selenium is a non metal chemically related to sulfur and rarely occurs in its elemental state in nature. It is toxic in large amounts, but trace amounts of it are necessary for cellular function in most, if not all, animals, forming the active center of the enzymes gluatathione peroxidase among others. Isolated selenium occurs in several different forms, the most stable of which is a dense purplish-gray semi-metal (semiconductor) form that is structurally a trigonal polymer chain.
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