Category: Drug Safety Alerts
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Celgene Letter About Revlimid And Serious Skin Reactions In January 2009 Medical Journal
Discusses 16 Cases Of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN), and Erythema Multiforme (EM) Reported Over Two-and-a-half Years (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In an October 1, 2008 article, "FDA Alerts Doctors…
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ETHEX Recalls One Lot Of Hydromorphone HCl (2mg) After Finding Oversized Tablet
At Same Time, KV Pharmaceutical Suspends Shipments of All ETHEX Tablet-Form Drugs For An Indefinite Period (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On December 23, 2008 KV Pharmaceutical announced another drug recall involving its…
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Prescription Oral Sodium Phosphate (OSP) Products Visicol And OsmoPrep Get Black-Box Warning
Related Recall Of Over-The-Counter OSP Fleet Phospho-Soda, Which Is Subject Of Product Liability Lawsuits (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On December 11, 2008 the FDA issued by email a MedWatch Safety Alert which was titled…
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Sandoz Metoprolol Succinate ER Tablets Recall Has Been Done Rather Quietly
Many Patients Are Dissatisfied With Lack Of Information From Sandoz, FDA, Or Their Pharmacy About Why This Generic Toprol Pill Was Pulled (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In an August 26, 2008 Drug…
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FDA’s Delayed Announcement About Possible Insulin Overdoses Due To Recalled Syringes
Tyco Healthcare Group LP (Covidien) Recall Of ReliOn Disposable Syringes Was First Announced October 9, 2008; FDA Press Release About This Syringe Recall Is Dated November 5, 2008 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com)…
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Possible Avandia Recall: Liver Failure Cases May Tip Balance Of Risk vs. Benefit
October 2008 Public Citizen Petition Wants Glaxo's Diabetes Drug Banned Due To "New" Side Effect, Liver Toxicity (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On October 30, 2008 Public Citizen's Health Research Group (HRG) submitted a…
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A New “Double-Dose” Pill Drug Recall Is Issued By ETHEX Corp.
First It Was Their Morphine Tablets; Now ETHEX Dextroamphetamine 5mg Pills May Be Oversized And Contain Two Times The Active Ingredient (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) By means of an October 16, 2008…
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New Warning About Dostinex Side Effect Fibrotic Cardiac Valvulopathy In U.K.
September 2008 Dear Doctor Letter From Pfizer Follows 2007 EMEA Safety Review Of Cabergoline (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Pfizer's Dostinex (cabergoline) remains on the market despite the January 2007 reports in the…
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FDA Alerts Doctors That Revlimid Can Cause Serious Skin Reactions In Patients
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, And Erythema Multiforme Are Associated With Revlimid Use (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The Summer 2008 edition of the US FDA's Drug Safety Newsletter included an article concerning Revlimid…