Could Have Died!! - New York, NY
I received the Zerona Treatment and was told I...
I received the Zerona Treatment and was told I must take the CURVA supplements twice a day with food. I had one allergic reaction to the pills, where I turned bright red on my arms. It went undiagnosed at the spa...I was told I was having "an allergic reaction to something." About a week later, still undergoing the treatments, I took the pills one morning, with a light breakfast,. and started burning up. I went to the bathroom to cool myself off with cold water...and delirious got on my knees thinking I would get relief if I filled the bathtub with cold water. I passed out, waking to find my head had hit the bottom of the
bathtub....and there were large drops of blood dripping from my forehead.
I was terrified. I FOUND OUT I SHOULD NEVER HAVE TAKEN THE PILLS BECAUSE THEY ARE NIACIN...and dangerous to anyone with low blood pressure.. which I had told the spa I had in my intake. I spent that night in the ER...where it was confirmed that was what caused me to faint. I could have died from the fall.
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Well, the one (only) benefit I did get from going to an actual medical doctor for this was that we had a full disclosure discussion on what was in those pills. I didn't buy any because I had niacin of my own at home, and I'm not hypersensitive.
Your experience is just more proof that nobody is getting any sort of medical screening at all for this - any warm body walking in the door is a "good candidate." Thanks for sharing.
That's what happened to you
I have been contactted by the people who regulate...
If you have had any problems with Curva too...I would like to know.
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I took the Curva supplements along with the Zerona...
I had one allergic reaction to the Curva that went undiagnosed by the staff... they said I was having an allergic reaction to "something"...not equating it with the pills.
My second allergic reaction was terrifying. I was at home alone. I got so hot it was painful, bright red all over especially my face. Then went to the bathroom to put water on my face.. While leaning over the bathtub I blacked out... waking to find large drops of blood dripping from my forehead onto the bottom of the bathtub, the shower curtain on my head, and not knowing how I got there. While unconscious, I had defecated in my clothes! I was horrified. I spent that night in the emergency room where it was confirmed by two doctors that the Curva supplement had
caused me to pass out. I have slightly low blood pressure to begin with and it was very dangerous for me to take it. I had not been warned of this by the spa I had gone to.
I called the Curva manufacturers ( in Texas)... they took lots of notes on the phone and told me a doctor would call me "tomorrow" I never heard back from them. I assume people are still being given the supplement. If someone has the reaction I had while driving, for example, it could prove deadly.
I am in the process of filing a complaint with the a FDA. If you have had the same or a similar experience taking Curva please feel free to contact me. Any lawyers who are already involved in cases related to this supplement I would also love to hear from. I would be eager to join a class action suit.
Hi there Susan, Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I'm so sorry you had such a bad reaction and had to go through all of that.
The allergic reaction aside, have you had any results yet from the zerona treatment?
Sad to say.
I also plan to contact the FDA and report the reation I had. Even though the pills are
unregulated, Zerona is supposedly FDA approved.
I did contact Zerona dirctly in Texas, explained my reaction in detail, and they took
the message and said their doctor would call me the next day. I never heard from
their doctor. So now I will go to the FDA to let them know.