The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent out five warning letters this month, every one of them involving a compounding pharmacy, and every one of them concerning the compounding of topical local anesthetic creams.According to the FDA, there have been at least two non-fatal reactions and two deaths attributed to the use of compounded topical … [Read more...]

One of the Jamba Juice frozen strawberry providers has recalled their fruit (sold exclusively to Jamba Juice) for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.Listeria can cause serious sickness and can sometimes be fatal in young children, the elderly, and those with week immune systems. Listeria infections can also cause miscarriages and … [Read more...]

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has signed a cooperative agreement with Japan to improve the safety of consumer products in both countries.The agreement calls for an exchange of information between the US and Japan on consumer product safety issues, the development of training programs dealing with consumer product safety, and an exchange … [Read more...]

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...]