Review (1/5): BISMUTH ENCEPHALOPATHY
My husband has taken Devrom for 4 years. Last summer, he developed a mysterious encephalopathy that couldn’t be diagnosed and spent a month in the hospital and a week in inpatient rehab. He couldn’t walk, had muscle jerks, lost his short term memory, lost his ability to talk, when into a delirium, then a psychosis.
A couple of weeks ago it happened again. I saw the Devrom on the counter and looked up the effects of bismuth- bismuth encephalopathy. He was tested through Mayo Clinic and poison control and his levels were higher than could he read by the equipment.
This is HEAVY METAL POISONING. There is not a single warning about this anywhere and - while rare - bismuth subgallate is known to cause it.