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NEWS: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Advice for Patients: Caution about Sexual Enhancement Supplements
Your patients can easily find them on the internet --- products advertised as "dietary supplements" to enhance sexual performance or treat erectile dysfunction. Many of these products are said to be "all natural" alternatives to prescription drugs, ...
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Advice for Patients: Phase-Out of CFC Inhalers
FDA is informing healthcare practitioners and patients that certain metered-dose inhalers used to treat asthma and chronic pulmonary obstructive disease will be gradually removed from the market because they use chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as propella...
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Better Made Snack Foods Issues an Allergy Alert on Undeclared Dairy in the 3-Ounce Better Made Special Original Potato Sticks
Better Made Snack Foods of Detroit, Michigan is issuing a voluntary recall only of their Better Made 3-ounce Original Potato Sticks because it may contain undeclared dairy. People who have allergies to dairy run the risk of an allergic reaction.
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Intravenous Medications Manufactured by Claris: Recall due to contamination of products
Products sold under the Claris, Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, and West-Ward Pharmaceuticals labels. Reports of floating matter in intravenous bags of metronidazole and ondansetron. Foreign matter should not be present in a sterile injectable product.
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PediaCare Children's Products [Blacksmith Brand]: Recall of four products
The four products were manufactured at a plant cited by FDA for deficiencies in Good Manufacturing Practices. Posted 05/30/2010
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Blacksmith Brands Announces Nationwide Voluntary Recall Of Four PediaCare Children's Products
Blacksmith Brands, Inc., in consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is voluntarily recalling all lots of four children's products in the PediaCare line. These products are sold exclusively in the United States.
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Hospira Announces an Expansion of a Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Certain Lots of Liposyn™ and Propofol That May Contain Particulate Matter
Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, announced today it is voluntarily expanding its March 31, 2010, recall of Propofol Injectable Emulsion 1% and Liposyn™ (Intravenous Fat Emulsion) products which include Liposyn II 10%, Liposyn II 20%, Liposyn III 10%, Liposyn III 20%, and Liposyn III 30% to the consumer or user level. Hospira is conducting the recall because some of the containers may contain particulate matter.
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Arrow Brand Medicated Oil and Embrocation: Consumer Warning, Product Considered Toxic
Product contains substances which are poisonous when ingested or applied to large areas of the body.
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organicgirl Produce Announces Limited Precautionary Recall of 10 oz organicgirl Baby Spinach with Use-by Date of May 22 Due to Possible Health Concern
organicgirl Produce is voluntarily recalling a limited number of cases of 10 oz organicgirl Baby Spinach with an expired Use-by Date of May 22 and Product Code 11A061167 because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recall includes only 336 cases of the 10 oz. package size of organicgirl Baby Spinach with the Use-by Date of May 22 sold in six states: Alabama, North Carolina, Oregon, Wisconsin, Arizona and California...
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Wally's Nut House, LLC Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk, Soy, and Wheat
Wally's Nut House, LLC of Oak Grove, MO, is recalling its 16 ounce packages of Tailgate Crunch Mix, Sweet Cajun Heat Mix, Country Western Mix, Cranberry Raisin Mix, Party Mix, Hot 'n Spicy Mix, and Louisiana Cajun Mix snack mixes because they may contain undeclared milk, soy, and/or wheat. People who have allergies to milk, soy, and wheat run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.
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FDA Warning: Consumers Advised Not to Use Arrow Brand Medicated Oil & -Embrocation, Aceite Medicinal La Flecha, or “箭嘜驅風油
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers not to purchase or use a product called “Arrow Brand Medicated Oil & Embrocation,” also labeled as “Aceite Medicinal La Flecha (Spanish) or “箭嘜驅風油 (Mandarin).” The product is potentially toxic and contains two substances, methyl salicylate and camphor, which are poisonous when ingested.
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Herb And Honey Issues Alert On Undeclared Sulfites In "Dried Apricots"
Herb and Honey Inc. of Ridgefield, NJ, is recalling its 16 ounce packages of "Dried Apricots" (Product of Turkey) because they contain undeclared sulfites. Consumers who have a severe sensitivity to sulfites run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume this product...
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Hylenex recombinant (hyaluronidase human injection): Recall
Voluntary recall of all manufactured lots has been initiated as a precautionary measure due to instances of particulate matter observed in a limited number of vials during routine stability testing.
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So Shing Hing (USA) Trading Co Ltd Issues an Alert on Undeclared Sulfites in Dried Melon
So Shing Hing (USA) Trading Co Ltd is recalling DRIED MELON because the product was found to contain undeclared sulfites. Consumers who have severe sensitivity to sulfites run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume this product. The recalled DRIED MELON was distributed in NYC Metro Area in 10 oz. clear plastic bags, with item number 520 and bar code number 4893230928048. The DRIED MELON is a product of China
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FDA: Rare Cases of Liver Injury Reported with Use of Xenical, Alli
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today advised consumers and health care professionals about potential rare occurrences of severe liver injury in patients taking the weight-loss medication orlistat, marketed as Xenical and Alli.
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Orlistat (marketed as Alli and Xenical): Labeling Change
Revised labeling to include cases of severe liver injury.
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FDA Announces Collaboration with Drugs.com
FDA Announces Collaboration with Drugs.com
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Western District of Wisconsin Announces Consent Decree Between Beehive Botanicals and the United States
Stephen P. Sinnott, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Beehive Botanicals, Inc. (“Beehive”) assented to the entry of a consent decree of condemnation and injunction, agreeing to forfeit certain bee-derived products and components to the United States. The products and components were seized from Beehive’s facility in Hayward, Wis.
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FDA: Possible Fracture Risk with High Dose, Long-term Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned consumers and health care professionals about a possible increased risk of fractures of the hip, wrist, and spine with high doses or long-term use of a class of medications called proton pump inhibitors. The product labeling will be changed to describe this possible increased risk.
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Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI): Class Labeling Change
Possible increased risk of fractures of the hip, wrist, and spine.
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