
FDA Warnings
- - The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has filed a complaint for permanent injunction against Scenic View Dairy of Hamilton, Mich., its president, and three of its managers alleging that they sold dairy cows for human consumption that contained illegal drug residues in edible tissues.
- - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today launched an innovative performance management system designed to advance the President’s commitment to transparency, public participation, and collaboration in the work of government.
- - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to take TimeOut Capsules because it contains an active drug ingredient that can dangerously lower blood pressure. The product is marketed as a dietary supplement for sexual enhancement.
- - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today released two documents that outline steps to help chain restaurants comply with new federal nutrition labeling requirements.
- - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about the risk of ultraviolet radiation overdose with the Tootsie Tanner portable foot tanning device.
- - Researchers have found murine leukemia viruses (MLV) in blood samples collected from patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and some healthy blood donors, according to a study published online today by the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
- - The current recall of eggs in their shells, or “shell eggs,” is part of an ongoing and intensive investigation by local, state, and federal officials into the cause of recent cases of Salmonella Enteritidis.
- - An investigation by the CDC and state partners showed an epidemiologic link between an ongoing outbreak of Salmonella Typhi and frozen mamey fruit products sold under the La Nuestra brand by Montalvan Sales Inc. Ontario, Calif, and under the Goya brand by Goya Foods Inc. Secaucus, New Jersey.
- - U.S. Marshals, acting under a court order sought by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, today seized packaged food products from a rodent-infested warehouse in Athens, Ga. A variety of products, including crackers, cookies and potato chips, were intended for sale to jails and prisons throughout the southeastern United States.
- - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today proposed to withdraw approval of the drug midodrine hydrochloride, used to treat the low blood pressure condition orthostatic hypotension, because required post-approval studies that verify the clinical benefit of the drug have not been done.
FDA Recalls
- - FDA is cautioning healthcare professionals and patients that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) may increase the risk of fractures of the hip, wrist and spine. The drugs' labeling will be revised to reflect these concerns. PPIs are used to reduce gastric...
- - Defibtech is recalling certain battery packs used in Lifeline and ReviveR automatic external defibrillators (AED). These battery packs may cause the AED to inappropriately cancel the charge and be unable to deliver therapy. The company has received...
- - FDA now has more information on the counterfeiting of Bard flat polypropylene surgical mesh, commonly known as Marlex mesh. This was first reported earlier this year. The counterfeit products, which were distributed between October 21, 2008 and Octo...
- - GlaxoSmithKline is warning healthcare professionals about the risk of thrombosis if patients with chronic liver disease are treated with Promacta (eltrombopag). Promacta is approved to treat thrombocytopenia in certain adult patients with chronic id...
- - The labeling for the weight loss drug orlistat will include new safety information about rare cases of severe liver injury in patients taking this drug. Orlistat is sold by prescription as Xenical in 120 mg strength and over the counter as Alli in 6...
- - The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recently pointed out that measuring doses with certain oral syringes can be confusing for healthcare practitioners and patients, and that this can lead to overdoses.
This type of syringe is pack...
- - An important FDA program called "MedWatch" allows health care professionals and consumers to report serious problems that they believe may be associated with the medical products they prescribe, dispense, or use. These reports, along with follow-up i...
- - FDA monitors the way drug companies advertise and promote prescription drugs to help assure that the information is accurate and balanced. But it is difficult for the agency to check on these activities when they take place in doctors' offices, or i...
FDA Consumer Updates
- - Consumer Update Analytics (Aug. 16 - Aug. 31, 2010)
- - Pregnancy registries help cut the risk of birth defects by identifying drugs that are dangerous to women and babies.
- - A nationwide recall has consumers checking the source of their eggs.
- - FDA warns about a number of products, including a “Miracle Mineral Supplement” that acts like an industrial-strength bleach—causing severe side effects—when consumed as directed.
- - Consumer Update Analytics (August 1 - August 13)
- - FDA advises that children and pets be kept from making contact with skin where Evamist has been applied.
- - The director of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Controlled Substance Staff talks about the causes and prevalence of misuse and abuse of prescription drugs, and what government agencies such as FDA are doing to prevent it.
- - FDA says U.S. women who unknowingly had unapproved IUDs inserted could end up with an unplanned pregnancy.
- - As seasonal allergies have some asthma sufferers reaching for inhalers, FDA issues warning on stolen medicine.
- - Life-threatening side effects have been reported with the use of a malaria drug to treat leg cramps.