DRUG RECALLS: APRIL 2010
APRIL 2010: STUD CAPSULE FOR MEN RECALLED DUE TO UNDECLARED DRUG INGREDIENT. AN FDA APPROVED DRUG SILDENAFIL WAS AN ADULTERATED SAMPLE IN WITH THE PRODUCT. USE OF THIS DRUG MAY INTERACT WITH NITRATES SUCH AS NITROGLYCERIN CAUSING DANGEROUSLY LOW BLOOD PRESSURE.
APRIL 2010: CAMOLYN EYE DROPS, FISIOLIN NASAL DROPS RECALLED DUE TO NON-STERILITY
APRIL 2010: HEPARIN RECALLED DUE TO CHANGE IN REFERENCE STANDARD IN MONOGRAPHS WHICH INVOLVES CHANGE OF DOSE GIVEN TO PATIENT.
APRIL 2010: PROPYLTHIOURACIL RECALLED BECAUSE A BOXED WARNING LABEL WAS ADDED DUE TO REPORTS OF SEVERE LIVER INJURY AND ACUTE LIVER FAILURE, SOME HAVE BEEN FATAL TOWARDS ADULTS AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS.
APRIL 2010: CERTAIN OTC CHILDREN AND INFANT LIQUID PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED SUCH AS TYLENOL, MOTRIN, ZYRTEC, BENADRYL ARE BEING RECALLED BECAUSE SOME MAY NOT MEET REQUIRED QUALITY STANDARDS.
