Category: Generic Drug Safety
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April 2009 FDA “Patient Safety News” Videos For Doctors Online
Covers Bowel Cleansing Agents Visicol and OsmoPrep, As Well As Methadone Overdoses, Ethex Generic Drug Recall, And Medication Errors (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The FDA's Patient Safety News (PSN) is a series of…
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Caraco Digoxin Recall Issued March 31, 2009 Is Due To Pill-Size Problems
Digitek Brand Of Generic Digoxin Tablets Had Been Recalled In April 2008 For Same Reason (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On March 31, 2009 the FDA announced another generic digoxin pill recall by…
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Watson Pharmaceuticals Recalls One Lot Of Generic Propafenone Pills Due To Possible Manufacturing Problem
At Present, This March 2009 Recall Is Limited To Propafenone HCL 225 mg Tablets Shipped Between October 15, 2008 And November 26, 2008 (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) By means of a MedWatch…
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January 2009: ETHEX Corp. Issues Voluntary Recall Of All Pills Due To Suspected Manufacturing Problems
ETHEX Recall Goes To Retail Pharmacy Level For Hydromorphone HCl Tablets And Metoprolol Succinate ER Tablets, Only; All Other ETHEX Generics Recalled To Wholesale Level (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In late December…
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Actavis And FDA Criticized Over Their Digitek Recall Conduct In New 2009 Report
ISMP QuarterWatch: Cannot "rule out, or state definitively, whether defective digoxin tablets led to hundreds of patient deaths" (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) On January 15, 2009 The Institute for Safe Medication Practices…
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Digitek Update December 2008: Actavis Contends No Defective Digitek Pills Were Ever Used By Patients
At About Same Time, Drug Company Accepts FDA Consent Decree In Connection With Justice Department's Injunction Complaint (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In late December 2008 investigative reporter Jeanne Lenzer's hard-hitting article about…
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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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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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Risk Of Digoxin Toxicity / Digitalis Poisoning Higher In First Two Months Following A Hospitalization
Researchers Looked For Possible Digoxin-Related Adverse Drug Events In Older Patients From Pennsylvania (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In the wake of the generic digoxin pill Digitek being recalled in the spring of…
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FDA And DOJ File Court Papers In November 2008 To Shut Down Actavis Totowa LLC
Federal Government Seeks A Permanent Injunction Against This Drug Company That Produced Defective Digitek Pills (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) A November 13, 2008 Bloomberg article, "Actavis Sued by U.S. Regulators to Shut…