Hello Julie -
Thank you for your question. My condolences to you and yours for your
situation. If you require any clarification, please don't hesitate to
ask.
As verified by representatives from all three manufacturers, none of
these products contain thimerosal. Notwithstanding, all three
manufacturers are very interested in talking to you about any
medically adverse events that may have potentially occurred with the
use of their products. I have listed direct phone numbers along with
contact names for individuals. I recommend contacting them. They are
mandated by the FDA to file reports of any potential adverse reactions
with their products.
In addition to verification with the manufacturers themselves, the
following is a list from the FDA of all drug and biologic products on
the market containing Thimerosal or any mercury-containing ingredient.
"The information in this list is derived from submissions made by
manufacturers+ in response to the agency's call-for-data notices of
December 14, 1998 (63 FR 68775), April 29, 1999 (64 FR 23083) and
February 3, 2003 (68 FR 5299), the agency's Drug Registration and
Listing System, and other agency sources. Products submitted in
response to any of the call-for-data notices are preceded by an
asterisk (*). The mercury ingredients are abbreviated as TM for
thimerosal, PMA for phenylmercuric acetate, PMN for phenylmercuric
nitrate, MA for mercuric acetate, MN for mercuric nitrate, MB for
merbromin, and MOY for mercuric oxide yellow. The list includes
nonhomeopathic human and veterinary drug products and human biological
products. Homeopathic drug products are not included because of the
low amounts of mercury present in the products. The abbreviation NS
under the % column means that the information was "not stated" in the
agency's Drug Registration and Listing System."
The list is available here:
http://www.fda.gov/cder/fdama/mercury300.htm
Here is ingredient information for Follistim, Profasi, and Humalog/Humilin:
Follistim
Manufacturer: Organon USA Inc.
56 Livingston Ave.
Roseland, NJ 07068 USA
800-631-1253 x 5454 (Drug Safety, rep. Evelyn Maurer)
Ingredients:
http://www.follistim.com/Authfiles/Images/349_91840.pdf
Contains: "benzyl alcohol 10 mg/mL, L-methionine 0.5 mg/mL,
polysorbate 20 0.2 mg/mL, sodium citrate 14.7 mg/mL, sucrose 50 mg/mL,
and water for injection. Hydrochloric acid and/or sodium hydroxide are
used to adjust the pH to 7. Follistim® AQ Cartridge (follitropin beta
injection) contains human follicle stimulating hormone (hFSH), a
glycoprotein hormone which is manufactured by recombinant DNA (rDNA)
technology. The active drug substance, follitropin beta, has a dimeric
structure containing two glycoprotein subunits (alpha and beta)."
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Profasi
Manufactured by Steris Laboratories for
Serono, Inc.
One Technology Place
Rockland, MA 02370
888-275-7376 x Meg Lohmann
Ingredients:
http://www.repromedinternational.com/profasi.pdf
Each vial when reconstituted with provided diluent, contains:
"Chorionic Gonadotropin 2,000, 5,000, or 10,000 USP Units, Mannitol
100
mg, Dibasic Sodium Phosphate 16 mg, Monobasic Sodium Phosphate 4 mg,
with Benzyl Alcohol 0.9% as preservative, in Water for Injection."
--
Humalog/Regular Insulin
Manufacturer: Eli Lilly
Lilly Corporate Center
Indianapolis, Indiana 46285 USA
888-885-4559 (Diabetes Expert: Mary)
http://pi.lilly.com/us/humalog-patient-vial.pdf
Humalog is made by a special non-disease-producing laboratory strain
of Escherichia coli bacteria that has been genetically altered by the
addition of the gene for this human insulin analog. Humalog consists
of zinc-insulin lispro crystals dissolved in a clear fluid. Humalog
has not been tested in pregnant or nursing women.
Product information for 6 different variants of Humilin:
http://www.lillydiabetes.com/product/humulin_family.jsp?reqNavId=5.3
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