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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Mon Oct 15, 2012, 03:19 PM Oct 2012

FDA: Docs Should Check On Patients Who Got Other Drugs Made By Pharmacy In Meningitis Outbreak

Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK - Health officials have broadened their warning to doctors about other medicines made by a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak.

The Food and Drug Administration took the step Monday because of reports of new illnesses that may be tied to other products made by the same company, the New England Compounding Center of Framingham, Mass.

Now health officials want doctors to contact patients who got any injection made by the company and warn them of the risk of infection.

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/174243841.html?refer=y

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FDA: Docs Should Check On Patients Who Got Other Drugs Made By Pharmacy In Meningitis Outbreak (Original Post) Purveyor Oct 2012 OP

this would include hundreds of different drugs riverwalker Oct 2012 #1

Good God! Thanks for the link to this list. Glad I haven't been near a doc in the last 2 years. nt Purveyor Oct 2012 #2

It seems the majority of the list are heavy doses Seedersandleechers Oct 2012 #3

that is a hell of a long list of different substances. bbgrunt Oct 2012 #4

They must be fearing the worst if they have recalled EVERYTHING... hexola Oct 2012 #5

I dont want to make light of tradgedy - but...is there any Romney link here? hexola Oct 2012 #6

riverwalker

(8,694 posts)

1. this would include hundreds of different drugs

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 03:42 PM

Oct 2012

How many died with meningitis undetected? If the meningitis deaths were by the related strokes, how many stroke deaths were actually from the meningitis?

The list is here:
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm322979.htm

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)

2. Good God! Thanks for the link to this list. Glad I haven't been near a doc in the last 2 years. nt

Reply to riverwalker (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 03:47 PM

Oct 2012

Seedersandleechers

(3,044 posts)

3. It seems the majority of the list are heavy doses

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 05:22 PM

Oct 2012

of opiates. Yikes!

bbgrunt

(5,281 posts)

4. that is a hell of a long list of different substances.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 12:19 AM

Oct 2012

hexola

(4,835 posts)

5. They must be fearing the worst if they have recalled EVERYTHING...

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 02:06 AM

Oct 2012

and shut down!?

WOW...

Incompetence?

Terrorism?

hexola

(4,835 posts)

6. I dont want to make light of tradgedy - but...is there any Romney link here?

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 02:34 AM

Oct 2012

This is a Mass. company...and according to this source (perhaps not the greatest) these "compounders" are regulated by the state...not the Feds...

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/oct2012/meni-o16.shtml

Anything Gov Romney might have done while in office to loosen regulation?

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