Category: Drug Safety Alerts
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FDA Staff Wants Amgen To Add Stronger Warning About Enbrel Side Effects In Children
June 2008 Staff Report Cites Cancers, Infections, And Neurological Problems Similar To Serious Side Effects In Adults (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On June 16, 2008 the FDA released a staff report, "Enbrel…
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ETHEX Corporation Expands Its Voluntary June 2008 Recall Of Morphine Sulfate Extended Release Tablets
Recall Now Covers 30 mg And 60 mg Tablets Made During June 2006 To May 2008 Period Due To The Potential For Oversized Tablets (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) As we reported recently,…
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Another “Double-Dose” Pill Problem Demonstrates How And Why The Digitek Recall Is So Unusual
June 2008 Drug Recall By ETHEX Is Similar To Digitek Recall, But Here The Drug Company Is Able To Provide Specific Information About Dates And Lot Numbers, Unlike Actavis (Posted by Tom Lamb at…
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Digitek Update May 2008: When Old News Is Better Than No News At All
A Month After FDA Class 1 Digitek Recall, We Have Been Told Little About Actavis Manufacturing Problem (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) More than thirty days have passed since Actavis Totowa first announced…
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Actavis Tells Us More, But Not Much More, About April 2008 Digitek Recall
Actavis, Mylan, Or The FDA Should Tell Public Their Current Estimate Of How Many Defective Digitek Pills Were Distributed To Pharmacies, And During What Time Period (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On May…
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FDA Safety Evaluation Of Antibiotic Maxipime Is Not Completed, Yet
Six Months After It Announced Start Of This Investigation, FDA Gives An Update On Status Of Maxipime Safety Review (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In mid-November 2007 the FDA announced the start of…
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Recall Notice For Digitek Marketed Under Bertek Label Goes Back To March 2006
North Carolina Board Of Pharmacy Has Posted A Copy Of The Bertek Digitek Drug Recall Notice On Its Web Site (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The home page of the North Carolina Board…
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Ortho Evra Recall Requested By Public Citizen Due To Blood Clot Risks
Women Have Developed Serious Side Effects Like Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE) After Using This Birth Control Patch (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On May 8, 2008 Public Citizen’s Health…
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Extent Of Digitek Recall Remains A Mystery Ten Days Later; Patients Are Left In The Dark
Heart Medication Sold By Mylan Was Made In Actavis Plant That Received FDA Letter About Manufacturing Problems Over A Year Ago (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) News about the April 2008 Digitek recall…
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FDA Says It Doesn’t Know How Long Defective Digitek / Digoxin Pills Were Sold
Actavis Says They Have Received 11 Complaints About Digitek Side Effects That Date Back To 2006 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The facts surrounding a late April 2008 recall of Digitek (digoxin) pills…