2007
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-40422007000200048
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Refletindo sobre o caso celobar®

Abstract: Recebido em 9/11/05; aceito em 6/4/06; publicado na web em 31/10/06 REFLECTING ON THE CELOBAR ® CASE. By mid 2003, the Brazilian people accompanied astonished, in the press, the news about the death of more than 20 persons due to ingestion of a pharmaceutical product containing a suspension of barium sulfate (Celobar®) commonly used as a radiological contrast. Analysis of the product indicated the presence of barium carbonate (about 13% weight/weight) which reacts easily with the hydrochloric acid in the stoma… Show more

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“…Among the cases with the greatest repercussion, Vogler et al (2017) cite the incidents involving the medication sulfatiazol, in 1941, in the United States of America (USA), which left approximately 300 victims (deaths or sequelae) due to ingestion of pills contaminated by phenobarbital; and the case of the failure in the process of viral inactivation of a batch of polio vaccine in the 1950s, which caused 60 people to develop polio and 89 other family members to contract the disease, also in the USA. Here in Brazil, some episodes involving the lack of quality in the manufacture of drugs can also be cited, such as the cases of the oral contraceptive Microvlar® and the drug Celobar®, which led to the death of 20 patients in Goiânia (Tubino & Simoni, 2007). Even today, doubts about quality in manufacturing and the suspension of the sale of medicines continue to exist, as can be seen on the ANVISA website (Brasil, 2020).…”
Section: The Importance Of Scientific Rigor In the Manufacture Of Medmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Among the cases with the greatest repercussion, Vogler et al (2017) cite the incidents involving the medication sulfatiazol, in 1941, in the United States of America (USA), which left approximately 300 victims (deaths or sequelae) due to ingestion of pills contaminated by phenobarbital; and the case of the failure in the process of viral inactivation of a batch of polio vaccine in the 1950s, which caused 60 people to develop polio and 89 other family members to contract the disease, also in the USA. Here in Brazil, some episodes involving the lack of quality in the manufacture of drugs can also be cited, such as the cases of the oral contraceptive Microvlar® and the drug Celobar®, which led to the death of 20 patients in Goiânia (Tubino & Simoni, 2007). Even today, doubts about quality in manufacturing and the suspension of the sale of medicines continue to exist, as can be seen on the ANVISA website (Brasil, 2020).…”
Section: The Importance Of Scientific Rigor In the Manufacture Of Medmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nas décadas de 10-20, alguns locais administravam sulfeto de bário, ao invés do sulfato, o que se revelou desastroso, porque o bário é um elemento extremamente tóxico ao ser humano, 48 e podia haver liberação de H 2 S no suco gástrico. Para evitar tal acidente, os fornecedores de BaSO 4 para contraste passaram a fornecer este composto exclusivamente para esta finalidade.…”
Section: 21unclassified
“…20 These chemical aspects were tragically observed in the Celobar ® case happened in Brazil in 2003. 21 Patients performing radiological exams must ingest a medicine based on barium sulfate to improve contrast in radiographies. Apparently, the synthesis of this salt was carried out using barium carbonate as reagent, which is insoluble in water but easily dissolved in diluted acid.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, the incomplete conversion of the raw material resulted in the bioavailability of barium in the body causing lethal toxic effects. 21 The accumulation of barium and radium is caused by the unique ability of the Brazil nuts tree to absorb these metals, as compared to others plants. Possibly it is a special mechanism involving the formation of organic complexes that increase the mobility of alkaline earth ions, in particular barium and radium, favoring their movement and redistribution during development of nuts.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%