Johnson & Johnson, McNeil

Sweetener or Sugar? A Quick Look(6)
Sweetener	Comparison to Sugar	Brand Name	Calories
Aspartame	200 times sweeter	NutraSweet Equal	Nearly 0
Saccharin	200-700 times sweeter	Sweet'N Low Sweet Twin Necta Sweet	0
Acesulfame-K	200 times sweeter	Sunett Sweet One	0
Neotame	7,000 to 13,000 times sweeter	Neotame	0
Sucralose	600 times sweeter	Splenda	0

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Splenda Lawsuit Seeks $1 Billion from Johnson & Johnson
In what could be the largest lawsuit award for false advertising ever, the Sugar Association is asking for $1 billion in damages, from Splenda makers McNeil, PPC, Inc. and McNeil Nutritionals, LLC.

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Posted by
Annette
on April 9, 2022

I discovered I had an extreme sensitivity to sucralose about 20 years ago. I work diligently to avoid it, but just now I took a dose of generic Pepto Bismol for stomach distress and discovered it contained Sucralose. Now in addition to increased digestive issues, I have my additional sensitivity issues to deal with including ulcers on my bladder, kidney and liver inflammation, rashes and general malaise. I am so careful, and this one slipped by me. Food is bad enough, but so many medications now contain sucralose.

Posted by
Renae Rizer
on May 16, 2019

I realized that I get awful migraines from Spenda, I go to neurologist and get Botox.....last 3 days I used Cystex for urinary health, it’s liquid. It contains sucralose and I’m so sick that I can’t leave my house. Migraines, nausea, vomiting

Posted by
NORMAN GUINN
on October 15, 2018

I have discontinued the use of these artificial sweeteners. Has made a lot of difference in my heath. Please add me to these class actions.

Posted by
Paula Dellinger
on July 2, 2018

I have been using Splenda since 2007 when i had gastric bypass. After that i have had memory issues, brain fog, headaches and stared having peit mal seizures in 2010.

Posted by
Jeffrey Delpin
on September 24, 2017

I been using splenda for. 7 years now never knowing my dizziness migranes brain fog tremendousl head pains were caused by this evil splenda i used in my tea and cofee everyday and drsnk diet drinks each week never suspecting all my loss of work and missed work meeting werr caused by this splenda i!!!! This is evil running rampant products lik splenda thoight i never get to bottom of my distress

Posted by
Tnesha Shaw
on January 31, 2017

I began using splenda more frequently in 2016. I noticed my headaches increased tramendously. I also experienced dizziness immediately after using splenda sweetner. My headaches were so bad I went to the doctor and she educated me on how bad splenda sweetner really is and that it is not a low callorie sugar substitute that is healthy. I was misinformed by splenda's label.

Posted by
Elizabeth Gottlieb
on November 28, 2015

It is now 2015, and Splenda is still on the market. One of my clients came in today with a headache that wouldn't go away, from a bite of cake that was made with Splenda. I had to educate her about the poison and how it affected her.

Please keep me informed of the lawsuit - as this website seems to be the latex entry on the net about this subject.

YET THE POISON REMAINS ON THE MARKET. FOR SHAME!

Posted by
Tennessee
on September 16, 2008

I located a page online that described my symptoms to a tee! I have had numbing on random parts of my body, the feeling that I am going to faint (including last night), severe bowel issues, gas pain, and a recent gallbladder surgery (May) all since I began using Splenda "made from sugar". I have lived my life in health until I began using Splenda. I am only 29 years old! I had no idea this sweetener could cause so much pain and suffering. I almost called 911 last night because it felt like a stroke.

Posted by
Colorado
on August 9, 2008

Extreme muscle pain and exhaustion, joint pain and swelling, abdominal pain and swelling, "foggy mind", moments of dementia, extreme anxiety, frequent urinating, ringing in ears, blurry vision, physical exhuastion, mental exhuastion, inability to think cleary, loss of job after 12 years, financial hardship, loss of health insurance, had to move out of home of 7 years, emotional trauma.

Posted by
Indiana
on July 24, 2008

Heart palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, flushing of the face and neck, numbness in hands, and anxiety. There is no warning whatsoever on the packaging about side effects.

Posted by
Colorado
on June 26, 2008

I have suffered severe physical pain and discomfort, emotional stress and anxiety. My entire life has been flipped upside down and torn apart due to the use of this product. It has put financial stress on my entire family. It is unfair. Most symptoms have improved since I stopped using this poison but the damage has been done.

Posted by
Ohio
on August 30, 2007

In the years that I have used splenda, I have suffered from dizziness, headaches, acid reflux, anxiety attacks, heart palpitations and arythmia, joint pain, problems concentrating, and I now have high blood pressure at 35 years of age. My entire adulthood, I've had low blood pressure. My 8 year old daughter and 14 year old son have also suffered from headaches and trouble with concentration and short term memory issues. I have just recently stopped using splenda as the result of some advise from a friend who encouraged me to check out a website of others who have had serious health problems associated with their use of Splenda. I was shocked, appauled and frightened that it is causing identical syptoms in countless others. All of this time I could'nt figure out nor could my doctor figure out what was happening to me. I've spent hundreds if not thousands of dollars in various medical tests. Please help me.

Posted by
Pennsylvania
on August 17, 2007

I am still been treated for brain cancer do to the use of this product. I have not been able to return to my office work ever since.

Posted by
California
on June 17, 2007

I began using Splenda packets, and , more recently, Splenda sweetened bottled water and coffee sweetener. I have suffered tremendous headaches, vertigo, and general malaise. I did not know what caused the symptoms, and sought relief at a general practitioner, an Urgent Care center, then a neurologist, an accupuncturist, etc. I have had days when I needed to pull off the road on the way to work because of the headaches and the feeling that I can only describe as a headache combined with being in some kind of motion picture where frames were missing.
I have been very careful with artificial sweeteners, and have steered away from NutraSweet and saccharin. I have been using Splenda because I thought it was safe, like sugar.
I started researching the 'net about Splenda and learned that others have had similar side-effects. I think we've been duped into believing that Splenda is safe.
I work in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry. I feel foolish for being so trusting of this product before doing research.