Posts tagged drug recall

• Musty Odor Prompts Another Tylenol Recall

  Chrissie Cole | June 29, 2011 10:48 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Consumer complaints of a “musty, moldy” odor have prompted the recall of more than 60,000 bottles of extra strength Tylenol. McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a subsidiary of Johnson &...

• More Lipitor Bottles Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | December 22, 2010 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  One lot of Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) – about 19,000 bottles – has been recalled by Pfizer due to an unusual odor. A musty smell has led to four recalls, totaling more than...

• Children's PediaCare Products Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | May 30, 2010 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Blacksmith Brands Inc., working in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has issued a precautionary recall of four PediaCare children’s products because they were...

• Consumer Group Urges FDA To Recall Savella

  Chrissie Cole | January 21, 2010 2:30 AM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group, is urging the FDA to revoke approval of the drug Savella, intended to treat Fibromyalgia. Public Citizen, representing more than 65,000 consumers...

• FDA - Certain Lots of Cleviprex Recalled

  Chrissie Cole | December 16, 2009 12:58 PM | 0 CommentsEastern Massachusetts, MA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Eleven lots of Cleviprex (clevidipine butyrate) was voluntarily recalled by Medicines Co. after particulate matter was discovered in some vials during a routine inspection. “The particles...