Recent Posts in Manufacturer Error Category
Posted on May 5, 2012 By Scott Distasio
Compounding is a process in which a pharmacy mixes medications using bulk ingredients. They are often used when a patient is allergic to inactive ingredients in commercially available and FDA-approved ...
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Posted on Mar 26, 2012 By Scott Distasio
Over the past year and a half the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come under fire from medical experts. In articles published in several medical journals, experts have questioned the ...
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Posted on Feb 13, 2012 By Scott Distasio
A Novartis medication plant in Lincoln, Nebraska manufactures both over the counter medications like Excedrin and powerful prescription painkillers like Percocet. Due to a potential medicine mix-up , ...
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Posted on Jan 8, 2012 By Scott Distasio
Like many, Lynsey Lee turned to birth control pills to help relieve her severe menstrual symptoms. But after her doctor prescribed Yaz, Lynsey began feeling worse rather than better. Soon after ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By
Qualitest Pharmaceuticals has recalled 1.4 million packages of eight different birth control products. According to Reporter News , the company released a statement through the FDA explaining select ...
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