DRUG RECALLS: NOVEMBER 2010
NOVEMBER 2010: DURO EXTEND CAPSULES FOR MEN RECALLED DUE TO UNDECLARED DRUG INGREDIENT NAMED SULFOAIDENAFIL, AN ANALOGUE OF SILDENAFIL A DRUG TO TREAT MALE ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION MAKING DURO AN UNAPPROVED DRUG. THE ANALOGUE MAY INTERACT WITH NITRATED FOUND IN SOME PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SUCH AS NITROGLYCERIN AND MAY LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE TO DANGEROUS LEVELS. CONSUMERS WITH DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, AND HEART DISEASE OFTEN TAKE NITRATES.
NOVEMBER 2010: PROPOXYPHENE AN OPIOID PAIN RELIEVER RECALLED DUE TO DATA SHOWING THAT THE DRUG CAN CAUSE SERIOUS TOXICITY TO THE HEART.
NOVEMBER 2010: VIGOR-25 A PRODUCT MARKETED AS A NATURAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENT TO ENHANCE MALE PERFORMANCE, SHOULD NOT PURCHASED OR USED BECAUSE IT CONTAINS SILDENAFIL, THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG VIAGRA. SILDENAFIL MAY INTERACT WITH OTHER PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SUCH AS NITRATES INCLUDING NITROGLYCERIN AND CAN DANGEROUSLY LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE. THE FDA IS INVESTIGATING IN THE DEATH OF A 26 YEAR OLD MAN POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF VIGOR-25.
