All Posts Tagged With: "Recall"
Contaminated Heparin Seized by the FDA
The five lots of Heparin Sodium Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) and six lots of Heparin Lithium were seized at the FDA’s request by U.S. Marshals. These products, which were manufactured from material imported from China, had been found by the agency to be contaminated with over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS), a substance that mimics heparin’s anticoagulant [...]
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7Nov2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
Insulin Syringes Recalled Due to Mislabeling
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is notifying health care professionals and patients that Tyco Healthcare Group LP (Covidien) is recalling one lot of ReliOn sterile, single-use, disposable, hypodermic syringes with permanently affixed hypodermic needles due to possible mislabeling. The use of these syringes may lead to patients receiving an overdose of as much as [...]
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6Nov2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
Simcor, Vytorin and Zocor Associated with Muscle Injury
Our Simcor, Vytorin and Zocor injury lawyers are investigating claims of severe muscle injury with use of the cholesterol drugs. The injury is called rhabdomyolysis, which can lead to kidney failure or death, when simvastatin containing drugs like Simcor, Vytorin and Zocor are used with amiodarone, a medication used to treat irregular heart beat.
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Rhabdomyolysis is [...]
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5Nov2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist System Recalled
The attorneys and lawyers working with our firm are currently investigating the HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Systems manufactured by Thoratec Corporation. The HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist System is a high speed, electric, axial flow, rotary blood pump. The pump drains blood from the left ventricle of the heart and ejects the blood into the aortic root.
WHAT IS THE HEARTMATE [...]
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29Oct2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
Duragesic Recalled
Patches containing the prescription painkiller fentanyl were recalled Tuesday, because of a flaw that could cause patients or caregivers to overdose on the potent drug inside.
Sold in the United States under the brand name Duragesic by PriCara and generically by Sandoz Inc., the recall includes all 25-microgram-per-hour patches with expiration dates on or before December [...]
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15Feb2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
Icy Hot Heat Therapy Product Recalled
Chattem, Inc. and FDA informed consumers and healthcare professionals of a voluntary nationwide recall of its Icy Hot Heat Therapy products, including consumer “samples” that were included on a limited promotional basis in cartons of its 3 oz Aspercreme product. The products were recalled because of consumer reports of first, second and third degree burns [...]
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14Feb2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
Recall of Icy Hot Heat Therapy Products
Chattem, Inc. and FDA informed consumers and healthcare professionals of a voluntary nationwide recall of its Icy Hot Heat Therapy products, including consumer “samples” that were included on a limited promotional basis in cartons of its 3 oz Aspercreme product. The products were recalled because of consumer reports of first, second and third degree burns [...]
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14Feb2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
FDA issued a Class I Recall of Medtronic Inc, SynchroMed EL Implantable Infusion Pump
FDA issued a Class I Recall of Medtronic Inc, SynchroMed EL Implantable Infusion Pump Models 8626-10, 8626L-10, 8626-18, 8626L-18, 8627-10, 8627L-10, 8627-18, and 8627L-18. The device administers drugs to a specific site in the body to treat pain, spasticity (continuous muscle contraction), and cancer. The pump is implanted in the patient, either with or without [...]
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5Feb2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
Defective Alaris Pump Module Recalled
Cardinal Health notified its customers of a voluntary recall for all Alaris Pump modules, model 8100 (formerly known as Medley Pump module), shipped prior to September 27, 2007. The recall covers Alaris Pump modules that were distributed to 46 States, the District of Columbia, Canada, Guam, Puerto Rico and Saudi Arabia. The pump module was [...]
Popularity: 45% [?]
2Jan2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 2 comments | Continued
