According to a federal survey, almost 120 million Americans use prescription drugs. With so many drugs being dispensed, mistakes are bound to occur, and patients sometimes suffer completely avoidable injuries as a result. If you have been given a wrong prescription, then you might be entitled to compensation. Meet with an attorney to discuss whether…
We expect that our doctors, nurses, and pharmacists always provide top quality care and would never make a mistake with our treatment. But unfortunately, mistakes are made every day by local pharmacies that give out the incorrect medication to their patients. This happens for a number of reasons, and if you are lucky the effects…
Prescription drugs are incredibly powerful. While they can quite literally save lives, they also have the potential to be extremely dangerous, even deadly if not administered properly. When a patient receives the wrong drug, the wrong dosage, or improper instructions, they may suffer severe harm. Sadly, medication errors occur far more frequently than many people…
World Organix, LLC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Blissful Remedies Red Maeng Da 100% Mitragyna Speciosa, Blissful Remedies Red Maeng Da Liquid Kratom Mitragyna Speciosa, Blissful Remedies 4 Hour Chill Slow Motion Blend, Due to High Microbial Loads Contamination World Organix LLC, is voluntarily recalling lot: 112710 of Blissful Remedies Red Maeng Da 100% Mitragyna…
ISSUE: FDA is alerting health care professionals to a voluntary recall of all non-expired products marketed as sterile made by Coastal Meds due to visible particles in some of the drug vials for injection. BACKGROUND: During FDA’s recent inspection of Coastal Meds, investigators observed visible particulates and poor sterile production practices which further raise concerns…
Apace Packaging LLC is voluntarily recalling one lot of Acyclovir Tablet, USP, 400mg, 50ct Unit Dose, NDC# 50268-061-15, Lot Number 19900, to the retail level. These products have been recalled due to a product mix-up. A small number of blister cards containing Acyclovir Tablets, 400mg, UD Blister Cards may potentially also include Torsemide, 20mg Tablets.
FDA is advising caution before prescribing the antibiotic clarithromycin (Biaxin) to patients with heart disease because of a potential increased risk of heart problems or death that can occur years later. FDAs recommendation is based on a review of the results of a 10-year follow-up study of patients with coronary heart disease from a large clinical trial that first observed this safety issue.
ISSUE: FDA is alerting health care professionals and patients not to use drug products produced by Cantrell Drug Company of Little Rock, Arkansas, including opioid products and other drugs intended for sterile injection, that were produced by the company and distributed nationwide. The agency is concerned about serious deficiencies in Cantrell’s compounding operations, including its…
Greenstone, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., is voluntarily recalling multiple lots of diphenoxylate hydrochloride and atropine sulfate tablets, USP to the consumer level. Greenstone initiated this recall because product from these lots has the potential to be super potent or sub potent. Products were distributed nationwide to wholesalers/retailers from November 2016 through June…
ISSUE: SCA Pharmaceuticals LLC (“SCA Pharmaceuticals”) is voluntarily recalling various lots of injectable products to the hospital level. The is a potential for the products to contain microbial contamination. See the recall notice for a full list of products. BACKGROUND: Administration of a drug product, intended to be sterile, that may contain microbial contamination has…