Back Pain – Medication and Addiction

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton (UK) Courtesy of WebMD.com How can we balance the risk of drug abuse with the suffering caused by untreated back pain? By R. Morgan Griffin – Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD – WebMD Feature People living with serious back pain have to sort through a lot [...]

FDA Requires Additional Labelling for Over-the-Counter Pain Relievers and Fever Reducers to Help Consumers Use Products Safely

From the FMS Global News Desk of Jeanne Hambleton (UK) Courtesy FDA US Food and Drugs Administration – For Immediate Release The Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule today that requires manufacturers of over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers and fever reducers to revise their labelling to include warnings about potential safety risks, such as [...]

Alert: MedWatch – Digoxin (Caraco brand) – Recall of tablets because they may differ in size

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories and FDA notified healthcare professionals of a consumer-level recall of Caraco brand Digoxin, USP, 0.125 mg, and Digoxin, USP, 0.25 mg, distributed prior to March 31, 2009, which are not expired and are within the expiration date of September, 2011. The tablets are being recalled because they may differ in size and [...]