The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered firms this week to stop marketing unapproved products containing quinine to treat leg cramps, due to serious health concerns, including death.Quinine is a drug used to treat malaria, but some firms have been marketing "off label" for treatment of leg cramps. This is an unapproved use of the … [Read more...]
FDA Crackdown on Compounded Topical Local Anesthetic Cream
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...]
Don't Buy Strawberry Smoothies at Jamba Juice This Month!
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...]
US and Japan Agree to Improve Consumer Product Safety
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...]
Dangerous Products and Recalled Toys to Avoid This Holiday Season
(Looking for information about the Fisher Price Toy Recall? Click Here.)Note: This post was from 2006. Every year there are more and more toy recalls to consider, and thus we have posted again for the 2007 season. Click here to see the toys recalled so far in 2007 for lead-based paint from China.We have compiled a list of some important recalls on … [Read more...]
FDA Alert on Methadone Treatment
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...]
Advanced Medical Recalls Complete MoisturePlus Contact Solution
- 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...]
Tamiflu and Self-Injury Alert by Roche and the FDA
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...]
High ESA Doses Can Kill – FDA Report
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...]
Creatine Supplements Without Creatine
Bodybuilders and athletes often turn to supplements to enhance muscle size and strength. New tests of such supplements showed two products to contain little or no creatine and an amino acid supplement unable to break apart as expected, the testing company ConsumerLab.com reported today. The majority of products, however, met quality standards. The … [Read more...]
Urgent Recall Alert – Endologix Visiflex Catheters
Endologix, Inc. today announced the limited voluntary recall of 30 Visiflex™ bifurcated delivery catheters for its Powerlink® System (models 25-16-155BL and 28-16-155BL) located at seven customer sites. Based on a single field occurrence due to the failure of a catheter component manufactured by a third party, the Company has determined that these … [Read more...]
Fun with Exploding Laptop Batteries
Having finally fixed our recall news feeds, we have decided to offer some amusement to our readers. Below are two videos from YouTube about the recalled Lithium laptop computer batteries:A funny one to get us started:This one's a bit more serious: … [Read more...]
11 Million Bottles of OTC Pain Killers Recalled
Perrigo has recalled 11 million bottles of their generic over-the-counter pain killer containing acetaminophen caplets after discovering metal fragments in some batches.These are 500-mg pills sold as various store brands in the US including: Wal-Mart, Safeway, CVS and Food Lion.So far there have been no injuries resulting from this recalled … [Read more...]
Recent FDA Recalls
As you may have noticed, we are having trouble with the FDA and CPSC feeds. This will be cleared up soon. In the meantime, here are some of the recalls you may have missed from the FDA:Archway Cookies LLC, a Battle Creek, MI company, is voluntarily recalling approximately 633 packages of only the 13.75oz Classic Oatmeal Big Batch Homestyle Cookies® … [Read more...]
Want to Know Why GM Has So Many Recalls?
This is from an Ad on the GM Canada website aimed at college students.Note the number of O's and the number of H's. Maybe someone should tell the GM people (or perhaps the Canadians) that the reason it's called H2O is because there are 2 HYDROGEN molecules and only 1 Oxygen.- Find automotive recalls here- … [Read more...]
Recent Comments