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Dose changes for popular iron supplement for babies |
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Doctors, pharmacists and parents need to be aware of a change made to Mead Johnson Nutritionals’ Enfamil® oral liquid iron supplement drops. The product, Fer-In-Sol® (ferrous sulfate drops), has re
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Hydromorphone 2 mg tablets drug recall |
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ETHEX ( a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer) and FDA notified heathcare professionals of a nationwide recall of a single lot of Hydromorphone HCl 2 mg Tablets due to potential for oversized table
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Caution for patients using more than a single insulin product |
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Patients with diabetes who require insulin and who use more than a single insulin product should consider not storing the vials inside their original cardboard cartons after the packages have been
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Babysitter gives pet medications to child |
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Doggy drops in your child's ear?
Who would ever make that mistake? Well, people do. A father told the babysitter to put in his son's ear drops before bed, and the careful babysitter did.
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Caution: Pharmacists and doctors have confused Depakote with Depakote ER (an extended release form) |
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The medication known as DEPAKOTE ER has a variety of uses in medicine. It is used for epilepsy, migraine headaches, and for patients with certain mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder or mania
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Help for detecting doctor mental slips on prescriptions |
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The Institute for Safe Medication Practices, which operates Consumermedsafety.org, has long promoted the importance of doctors including the reason for each medication right on the prescription giv
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Addressing Questions About Gardasil |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published answers to several commonly asked questions about Gardasil.
Gardasil is a vaccine for use in girls and women 9 through 26 years o
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New FDA Warning on Seizure Medications |
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In a follow up to a safety review conducted earlier in 2008, the FDA will change the label for antiepileptic medications, such as:
Carbamazepine (marketed as Carbatrol, Equetro, Tegretol, T
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Abbreviation of concern |
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You may be surprised to learn that some medication errors happen simply because of misunderstood abbreviations that doctors and other health professionals use when communicating prescription orders
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New Warning for Oral Sodium Phosphate Bowel Cleansing Products |
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The FDA has informed the public about reports of sudden kidney injury linked to the use of oral sodium phosphate products for bowel cleansing (for example, when used to clean out the bowels before
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For digoxin patients taking DIGITEK brand |
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In April this year, the manufacturers of a brand of digoxin called Digitek recalled this product. They found it may have contained twice the amount of digoxin in each tablet. By taking the affected pr
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Parents need to be involved to prevent vaccine errors |
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We recently learned of cases in which children received incorrect vaccine products while in their doctor’s office. Two children less than 7 years of age received an adult dose of diphtheria, tetanus a
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Speed trap – speedy prescriptions might compromise safety |
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We realize waiting at the pharmacy to get your prescriptions filled can be frustrating, especially when you do not feel good. Well, to help decrease that frustration, some pharmacies came up with an i
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