Archives for 2006

The FDA has released a notification to healthcare professionals reporting on life-threatening side effects such as respiratory depression and cardiac arrhythmia in patients receiving methadone.Healthcare professionals are urged to read the information sheet (found here in PDF format) and prescribing information (found here in PDF format) which … [Read more...]

- Click here for a May 26 Moisture Plus Recall Update - Advanced Medical Optics Inc. has recalled about 3 million units of its Complete MoisturePlus contact lens solution due to sterility problems that could lead to eye infections. This is second major recall of a contact lens solution this year.The company is recalling 183,000 units of the … [Read more...]

There have been reports (mostly from Japan) of self-injury and delirium with the use of Tamiflu in patients with influenza.Roche and FDA recently notified doctors of revisions to the Precautions, Neuropsychiatric Events, and Patient Information sections of the prescribing information for Tamiflu.People with influenza, especially children, may be at … [Read more...]

FDA notified healthcare professionals of a newly published clinical study showing that patients treated with an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) and dosed to a target hemoglobin concentration of 13.5 g/dL are at a significantly increased risk for serious and life threatening cardiovascular complications, as compared to use of the ESA to … [Read more...]