17 year old Track Star Dies from Muscle Cream

Very sad story and completely unbelievable.People believe this stuff is safe.NEW YORK (AP) -- A medical examiner blamed a 17-year-old track star's death on the use of too much muscle cream, the kind used to soothe aching legs after exercise.

Arielle Newman, a cross-country runner at Notre Dame Academy on Staten Island, died after her body absorbed high levels of methyl salicylate, an anti-inflammatory found in sports creams such as Bengay and Icy Hot, the New York City medical examiner said Friday.
www.cnn.com... I believe I should have quoted the above as external source, sorry.

wow i guess one of "those things" that can happen? maybe she was allergic?? wow that sucks though! maybe she was addicted to it? i heard of people being addicted to chapstick and stuff.

Quite possibly she was addicted to it.Or like many of us thought it would be safer to use than taking pain pills.Perhaps she had an injury she was trying to hide and was over-using the cream to deal with it.

Yeah, thanks to these dimwits the over dose themselves and run track, soon you won't be able to buy aspirin without a Dr's prescription.

They're already looking for reasons to ban all vitamins and supplements.