VIDEO: The drug glutathione is an antioxidant produced naturally in the body to detoxify cells. The compounded form of the drug, which as such is not FDA-approved, is in a category currently under review by the Food and Drug Administration. While the FDA has not blocked its use, the California Board of Pharmacy has made it very difficult for sterile compounding pharmacies to make it. And for firefighters, the restrictions are frustrating.
Pasadena Fire Cpt. David Marquez battled the Eaton Fire for days. “This wasn’t just a single building or a few buildings on fire. This was a massive amount of structures, and all the things that you don’t know that are in there burning with the power of the wind behind it,” said Marquez. “They’re equating this like another 9/11.” said Pasadena Fire Cpt. Robert Ruiz, who felt the effects of the toxins of the Eaton Fire immediately.
