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in a timely way, and monitoring products for continued safety after they are in use.
FDA regulated products include everything from the most common food ingredients to complex medical and surgical devices,
lifesaving drugs, and radiation-emitting consumer and medical products. For more information about the FDA, visit their web site
at www.fda.gov.
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Click Here: April 28, 2005 Distributors Indicted in Drug Diversion: ** Consumers **,
If you have purchased a listed drug from one of these pharmacies in New York,
New Jersey, California, Pennsylvania or Georgia, do not use the drug but
instead immediately notify your health care provider.
WARNING:
May 12, 2004 McNeil
Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals is alerting
consumers that one manufacturing lot Children's Motrin (ibuprofen) Grape Chewable
Tablets may mistakenly contain Tylenol 8-Hour«
extended release (acetaminophen) Geltabs.
Distributed nationwide to wholesale and retail
customers between February 5 and April 1,
2004. www.motrin.com
On July 16, 2003, FDA launched a major initiative to more aggressively protect
American consumers from counterfeit drugs. Counterfeit prescription drugs are
not only illegal but are also inherently unsafe. Click:Counterfeit Drugs
The FDA has added a new page to its existing bioterrorism website to provide
information on the agencyÆs efforts, related to the Public Health Security
and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (Bioterrorism Act). http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/bioterrorism.html.
Guidance for FDA staff and industry entitled "Sec. 460.200 Pharmacy
Compounding".
This document
provides guidance on how the FDA intends to address pharmacy compounding as a
result of a recent Supreme Court decision. Click HERE for a copy of this
document.
