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Teen Dies From Muscle Cream Overdose (Ben Gay Alert)
Fox News ^ | June 8,2007

Posted on 06/08/2007 1:38:21 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776

A budding teenage athlete has died after 'overdosing' on a common topical muscle cream.

The medical examiner announced on Thursday that the 17-year-old track star, Arielle Newman of Castleton Corners, N.Y., died from a toxic dose of sports cream, the Staten Island Advance reported.

Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the medical examiner's officer told the Advance that the Notre Dame Academy track star's blood contained lethal amounts of methyl salicylate, the active ingredient found in muscle rubs such as BenGay and Icy Hot.

Borakove said the petite girl used the topical medication excessively, allowing the poisons to accumulate in her body over an undetermined amount of time.

Newman was found dead in her home on April 3. The initial autopsy was inconclusive, which led to speculation her death was linked to a party she had attended the night before. "I am glad this shows (Arielle) didn't die of her own doing. But this is a tragedy that could have been avoided," her mother, Alice Newman told the Advance.

Methyl salicylate, also known as oil of wintergreen, can be toxic if overused, but deaths from topical application are extremely rare.

Borakove said this was the first case she had come across in 20 years at the medical examiner's office.

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KEYWORDS: bengay; deathisnotajoke; girlstrack; highschoolsports; methylsalicylate; newyord; ny; nyc; overdose; salicylates; sports; statenisland
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1 posted on 06/08/2007 1:38:22 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: AmericanMade1776; indylindy

I thought Ben Gay was that guy who drove a chariot and wore pink tights.


2 posted on 06/08/2007 1:40:07 PM PDT by TommyDale (Rudy Giuliani’s candidacy is fading faster than an abortionist’s conscience.)
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To: AmericanMade1776

Note To Self: Get wife a case of IcyHot for anniversary.


3 posted on 06/08/2007 1:40:32 PM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: TommyDale
...I thought Ben Gay was that guy who drove a chariot and wore pink tights....

Nah, that was Ben Her.

4 posted on 06/08/2007 1:41:01 PM PDT by FReepaholic (If Cho had a nuclear weapon instead of guns, would he have used it?)
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To: TommyDale

What do you get when you cross Ben Hur with Ben Him?

Ben Gay.


5 posted on 06/08/2007 1:41:35 PM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: AmericanMade1776
"I am glad this shows (Arielle) didn't die of her own doing."

Huh? If she applied the cream and died from its affect, then she died of her own doing. Unwittingly perhaps, but from her own doing.

6 posted on 06/08/2007 1:41:41 PM PDT by bcsco
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To: FReepaholic

I stand corrected.


7 posted on 06/08/2007 1:41:56 PM PDT by TommyDale (Rudy Giuliani’s candidacy is fading faster than an abortionist’s conscience.)
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To: AmericanMade1776

Never Ben Gay.


8 posted on 06/08/2007 1:42:19 PM PDT by Islander7 ("Show me an honest politician and I will show you a case of mistaken identity.")
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To: dfwgator
Oh yes, the Bengays.

The NFL team in Cincinnati.

9 posted on 06/08/2007 1:43:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: AmericanMade1776
Why was she using so much? I wonder if she wasn't drinking enough water.

Anyway, this is so very sad.
10 posted on 06/08/2007 1:43:16 PM PDT by elizabetty (Perpetual Candidate using campaign donations for your salary - Its a good gig if you can get it.)
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To: TommyDale

Nah, that was Ben Dover.


11 posted on 06/08/2007 1:43:36 PM PDT by irishtenor (Save the whales. Collect the whole set.)
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To: bcsco

She must of really lathered that stuff all over herself , boggles the mind.


12 posted on 06/08/2007 1:43:37 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: AmericanMade1776
But this is a tragedy that could have been avoided

Sounds like a lawyer telling her what to say...

13 posted on 06/08/2007 1:43:38 PM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: bcsco

She’s laying the groundwork for lawsuit.


14 posted on 06/08/2007 1:44:04 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: elizabetty

It is sad.


15 posted on 06/08/2007 1:44:08 PM PDT by AmericanMade1776
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To: AmericanMade1776

Ben Gay?............not lately.......


16 posted on 06/08/2007 1:44:22 PM PDT by Red Badger (Bite your tongue. It tastes a lot better than crow................)
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To: irishtenor; All

That’s it. You people turn off your computers and go outside.


17 posted on 06/08/2007 1:44:26 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: FReepaholic

” thought Ben Gay was that guy who drove a chariot and wore pink tights....
Nah, that was Ben Her.”

No, it was Ben Dover.


18 posted on 06/08/2007 1:44:29 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
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To: irishtenor

Great minds.


19 posted on 06/08/2007 1:45:04 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
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To: Mr. Lucky

But I gotta work.


20 posted on 06/08/2007 1:45:08 PM PDT by irishtenor (Save the whales. Collect the whole set.)
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