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Cardiac valvular disease, pulmonary hypertension, cardiac fibrosis; [3] [23] re-approved in June 2020 for the treatment of seizures associated with Dravet syndrome, under FDA orphan drug rules. Fenoterol: 1990 New Zealand Asthma mortality. [3] Feprazone: 1984 Germany, UK Cutaneous reaction, multiorgan toxicity. [3] Fipexide: 1991 France ...
Benzethonium chloride, also known as hyamine is a synthetic quaternary ammonium salt.This compound is an odorless white solid, soluble in water. It has surfactant, antiseptic, and anti-infective properties and it is used as a topical antimicrobial agent in first aid antiseptics.
AMDD otherwise known as Antimicrobial Drug Database is a biological database that seeks to consolidate antibacterial and antifungal drug information from a variety of sources such as PubChem, PubChem Bioassay, ZINC, ChemDB and DrugBank in order to advance the field of treatment of resistance microbes.
Based on the opinion of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) of 2013, Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1198 of 22 July 2016 amending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the council on cosmetic products banned the use of methylisothiazolinone in leave-on products (skin creams and lotions ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it plans to ban products containing phenylephrine, an ingredient found in many over-the-counter (OTC) oral cold and flu medications.
The Food and Drug Administration began to review the safety of triclocarban and triclosan in the 1970s, but due to the difficulties of finding antimicrobial alternatives, no final policy, or "drug monograph," was established. [20] Legal action by the Natural Resources Defense Council in 2010 forced the FDA to review triclocarban and triclosan. [20]
The FDA, of course, regulates food and drugs, but it also has the final say in just about anything that touches or enters the body, like contact lenses, sunscreen and makeup.
The FDA stated "There is no data demonstrating that over-the-counter antibacterial soaps are better at preventing illness than washing with plain soap and water". [6] The agency also asserted that despite requests for such information, the FDA did not receive sufficient data from manufacturers on the long-term health effects of these chemicals.