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A victim of this fungal men me meningitis outbreak. we should point out that this particular form of meningitis is not transmissible from person-to-person. it involved people who received steroid injections to their lower back. there are now 120 cases in ten states. the outbreak was initially traced to a fungus that apparently can tomorrow natured three lots of injectable pain medication compounded by a specialty pharmacy in massachusetts. tennessee health officials say they've confirmed a second type of funk gas associated with meningitis cases in that state, again connected to this same medi...

>>guest: there are compounding pharmacies that take medications and taylor -- tailor them for specific clinical use. there are many manufacturing plants. they are remote from the rigorous oversight of the food and drug administration. that's a problem. >>trace: as far as treatment goes, i know that experts are saying the people who have this, some are in go condition and some are in grave condition. if your immune system is compromised do you do worse than if you are younger and stronger? or does that not play into this. >>guest: that is always the case. most of the people who not had serious ...

That say -- >> i've got the studies. they say there are no studies. i say yes, they are. european humans are the same as american humans. and there are studies out of the united states. they're not patentable. our fda doesn't approve nonpatentble drugs. that's as simple as it is. are they going after me because i talk about things that can't -- >> be regulated necessarily? >> no, they're regulated. compounding pharmacies have standards and they are overseen by the fda. so really, everything about them is up to par. but i'll tell you, when you come of age -- i put my husband on hormones 15 year...

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To his stomach. it was a clear gasp. it sort of looked like a fish opening and closing its mouth. >> after an hour and 57 minutes the state pronounced him dead. the botched executions were a result of untested lethal drug cocktails. the consequence of a drug shortage. all 32 death penalty states are struggling to find lethal injection drugs after suppliers said they no longer wanted any part of capital punishment. some states are turning to compounding pharmacies, but refusing to disclose the sources. the bureaucratic issues of pulling off the death penalty in 2015, legislators in utah are loo...