Contaminated medicine kills 34 in Panama
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_on_he_me/panama_deadly_medicine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061027/capt.316a004a8acd40d0ab0580334868d5fb.panama_deadly_medicine_pan102.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=.0I_yPhf2mHKJhbf1Q2kOg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A woman passes near a poster warning about contaminated medicine at the entrance of Metropolitan Hospital in Panama City, Panama. Friday, Oct. 27, 2006. The government has recalled 24 types of medication produced by Panama's national health system, and suspended production at all government pharmaceutical factories and even gone door-to-door to issue warnings and collect contaminated products. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)" border="0" /></a>AP - First comes nausea and diarrhea. Then the facial muscles relax, followed by kidney failure, paralysis and often death. It's a medical crisis in Panama, where contaminated cough syrup, antihistamine tablets, calamine lotion and rash ointment have killed 34 people since July. More than 40 others have been hospitalized, at least half in critical condition.</p><br clear="all"/>