I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.

Thursday, June 2, 2005

Please Note: We Are Recalling Every Drug On This Huge List

"FDA Advises Consumers about Recalled Drugs from Able Laboratories"
The Food and Drug Administration notified consumers and healthcare professionals of a nationwide recall of all manufactured drugs (mostly generic prescription drugs, including drugs containing acetaminophen) from Able Laboratories of Cranbury, NJ, because of serious concerns that they were not produced according to quality assurance standards. Able Laboratories has ceased all current production...
And there is an impressively long list here which includes acetaminophen/codeine, atenolol, hydrocodone, indomethacin, lithium, naproxen, nitroglycerin, tramadol, among many others... What a headache.

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