The physician/drug manufacturer relationship has largely been tainted in the past due to some drug companies going overboard by throwing huge expensive parties, sending doctors on vacations, etc. and all in the name of trying to sell a drug.
Mold contamination caused Hospira to initiate a voluntary recall of one of their injections, adding to the list of manufacturing problems at the company. Hospira is recalling Lactated Ringer and 5% Dextrose Injection products. What Is Lactated Ringer And 5% Dextrose Injection Products? Lactated Ringer’s solution is basically a blood replacement. So the common consumer will not …
Hospira, the world’s leading provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies, is recalling four injectable cancer drugs shipped throughout the U.S. Hospira announced that it issued the nationwide recall of the four cancer drugs because of particles embedded in the glass at the neck of the vial. The drugs recalled are carboplatin, cytarabine, paclitaxel, methotrexate …
More recalls, more recalls, more recalls. If I were on a birth control pill, I would be nervous right about now about a potential pregnancy. We have previously reported that we have had 3 birth control recalls within the last few months, and now we have another to add to the list! Introval birth control …
Botanical Laboratories Inc. and FDA notified consumers and healthcare professionals of a recall of Wellesse Digestive 3 in 1 Health liquid dietary supplement. A supplier of one of the ingredients indicated the ingredient has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail …
The FDA has announced a recall of all sterile ophthalmologic preparations shipped from Franck’s Compounding Lab since November 2011 because of the possibility of a fungal eye infection following use. The recall first applied only to Brilliant Blue G, witch is an ophthalmologic dye manufactured by the lab for use during surgical procedures. As of …
The Medicines Company’s supplier, Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc., has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of all four (4) lots of Argatroban Injection, 50 mg per 50 mL (“Argatroban”) from the market due to a potential for visible particulates, according to a safety alert issued from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, dated March 23, 2012. Argatroban …
Once again, there is another birth control recall. Seems not too long ago, we just wrote about one! Well, the latest is that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced that it’s possible another 8 million birth control pills are involved in a new recall put into effect due to a packaging error …
How can we ensure that the items we purchase are safe for our children? As parents today, we have to be on guard continually in order to protect our children. And, what a job that seems to be lately, with so many recalls. So once again, I pose the question, is there anything safe for …
Recently there has been much talk about dietary supplements. We have reported how the industry is furious about the new guidelines and regulations that the FDA is imposing, as well as how 2 soldiers died last year after taking energy supplements on military bases. Now, we have another story on supplements. This time about the …