The American Medical Association (AMA) is intentionally endangering the lives of corn-allergic citizens, and exposing clinicians to potential liability. [Documented]

Based on the description of their organization, it is incomprehensible that the American Medical Association would intentionally endanger patients' lives, and expose clinicians to potential liability.

"Founded in 1847, the American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest and only national association that convenes 190+ state and specialty medical societies and other critical stakeholders. Throughout history, the AMA has always followed its mission: to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.

As the physicians’ powerful ally in patient care, the AMA delivers on this mission by representing physicians with a unified voice in courts and legislative bodies across the nation, removing obstacles that interfere with patient care, leading the charge to prevent chronic disease and confront public health crises, and driving the future of medicine to tackle the biggest challenges in health care and training the leaders of tomorrow.

The AMA’s system of governance and policy making include the board of trustees, House of Delegates, executive vice president, councils and committees, special sections, and AMA senior leadership and staff."
https://www.ama-assn.org/about

Documented Evidence:

"Dextrose- another name for the sugar glucose" [the source reference is not viable]
http://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dmh/159358_AMAGlossaryofMedicalTerms_Ver1.0.pdf

Based on testimonies from the 15K+ members in corn allergy support groups, many clinicians continue to endanger the lives of corn-allergic patients by stating that: "You cannot be allergic to dextrose, since dextrose is naturally present in our bodies."

The American Medical Association is egregiously equating corn sugar produced from cornstarch (dextrose/D-glucose) with blood sugar naturally present in all living organisms (glucose).

Corn-allergic patients will no longer tolerate this blatant deception, which intentionally endangers our lives.

Documentation:

Dextrose is the chemical name for corn sugar manufactured from cornstarch/D-glucose, 21CFR184.1857, which can prove fatal to anyone with an IgE-mediated allergy to corn.
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2021/06/dextrose-is-corn-sugar-21cfr1841857-and.html

If "Dextrose" is referenced on the FDA’s Food Additive Status List, it refers to 21CFR184.1857.
https://www.fda.gov/food/food-additives-petitions/food-additive-status-list#ftnD

If 21CFR184.1857 is referenced, the definition is “Corn sugar” a/k/a dextrose/D-glucose

Sec. 184.1857 Corn sugar. 

(a) Corn sugar . . . commonly called D-glucose or dextrose, is the chemical [alpha]-D-glucopyranose. It occurs as the anhydrous or the monohydrate form and is produced by the complete hydrolysis of corn starch [sic] with safe and suitable acids or enzymes, followed by refinement and crystallization from the resulting hydrolysate.
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=184.1857

...called corn sugar...the name for the sweetener dextrose...used by people who have trouble tolerating regular sugar for 30 years, the FDA says.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/05/30/154009682/fda-rules-corn-syrup-cant-change-its-name-to-corn-sugar

Nutritive Sweeteners From Corn, Corn Refiners Association, 2006
https://corn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NSFC2006.pdf

The Corn Products Refining Company advertised dextrose as corn sugar in the 1940s. 

“Dextrose: All-American Corn Sugar,” Candy Professor, September 29, 2010
https://candyprofessor.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/dextrose-all-american-corn-sugar/

Corn must first be converted to corn sugar (dextrose, the common commercial name for D-glucose) . . .
https://polymerinnovationblog.com/from-corn-to-poly-lactic-acid-pla-fermentation-in-action/

Dextrose is the chemical name for corn sugar manufactured from allergenic cornstarch; therefore, dextrose cannot be "naturally present" in mammals, fruits, honey, etc.

Corn Sugar Hearings, Sixty-Ninth Congress, January 27, 1926
. . . that corn sugar is what is chemically known as dextrose . . .
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d03669822a&view=1up&seq=3

The American Medical Association is Exposing Clinicians to Potential Liability

Clinicians can be sued for medical malpractice for administering corn sugar (dextrose/D-glucose)-containing IV fluids to corn-allergic patients in direct violation of the contraindication warning in the package insert. Administering corn sugar (dextrose/D-glucose)-containing IV fluids to corn-allergic patients is a critical medical error equivalent to administering penicillin to a patient with an allergy to penicillin.  This medical error is subject to reporting and disclosure.

Solutions containing dextrose should be used with caution, if at all, in patients with known allergy to corn or corn products.
D-Glucopyranose monohydrate
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2011/016679s104,016682s105,016692s095,019367s026lbl.pdf

Dextrose-containing solutions pose a significant risk to patients allergic to corn. Dextrose used for IV fluids is prepared by the simple hydrolysis of cornstarch.
Burbridge, Mark A. MD; Jaffe, Richard A. MD, PhD Excipients in Anesthesia Medications, Anesthesia & Analgesia: May 2019 - Volume 128 - Issue 5 - p 891-900 doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003302
https://journals.lww.com/anesthesia-analgesia/Fulltext/2019/05000/Excipients_in_Anesthesia_Medications.11.aspx

College of Pharmacists of British Columbia, "Warning: corn-related allergens . . ."

Pharmacists are requested to use caution and be aware that many drugs and medications contain undisclosed potential allergens in the form of sugars, starches, and celluloses. Share the corn allergy example with prescribers, so they are aware of potential allergic reactions patients may face. This relatively unknown but potentially serious allergy highlights the need for pharmacists and other health-care professionals to be involved in ADR reporting.
http://library.bcpharmacists.org/6_Resources/6-7_ReadLinks/ReadLinks-MayJun2007.pdf

Chapter 35 Error Reporting and Disclosure
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2652/

Corn-allergic patients should not be responsible for educating our clinicians in an effort to guarantee our safety.

Guidelines for reporting clinicians who administer corn sugar (dextrose/D-glucose)-containing IV fluids to corn-allergic patients in direct violation of the contraindication warning in the package insert.
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2019/12/lactated-ringers-in-5-dextrose.html

For the safety of corn-allergic patients, we are demanding the immediate correction of the definition for dextrose (corn sugar/D-glucose) by the American Medical Association.  

 

 

Diane H., Corn Allergy Advocate
Corn Allergy Advocacy/Resources
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/
Email:  cornallergyinitiative@gmail.com
Twitter:  @CornAllergy911

 

Additional Reference:

My December 14, 2021, Email to the Board of Trustees, American Medical Association (AMA) Re: Dextrose (Corn Sugar) / Conflicting Molecular Formulas
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2021/12/my-december-14-2021-email-to-board-of.html

Blog Post Reference: 

The American Medical Association (AMA) is intentionally endangering the lives of corn-allergic citizens, and is exposing clinicians to potential liability.  [Documented]
https://cornallergyadvocacyresources.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-american-medical-association-ama-is.html