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Drug recalls are classified in the US by the FDA in three different categories. Class I recalls are the most severe and indicate that exposure and/or consumption of the drug will lead to adverse health effects or death. Class II recalls refer to drugs that induce temporary and/or medically reversible health effects. Class III recalls occur when ...
Class I recalls are for dangerous or defective products that predictably could cause serious health problems or death. Examples of products that could fall into this category are a food found to contain botulinal toxin, food with undeclared allergens, a label mix-up on a life saving drug, or a defective artificial heart valve.
Some bottles of the antidepressant duloxetine, sold under the brand name Cymbalta, were recalled due to the presence of a toxic chemical.
The incident, according to medicinal chemist and pharmaceutical industry blogger Dr. Derek Lowe, points to a greater problem. Generic drug manufacturers often change the way in which prescription drug ingredients are made in order to lower costs of making them, so this kind of contamination may be more widespread and undetected in generic drugs ...
The Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall for thousands of bottles of the antidepressant duloxetine, sold under brand names like Cymbalta, due to the presence of a chemical that can ...
Japanese authorities on Wednesday ordered drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical to recall three dietary supplement products containing red yeast rice, or beni koji, after they were linked to two deaths.
Abuse of the drug or other substances may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence. The complete list of Schedule II substances is as follows. The Administrative Controlled Substances Code Number and Federal Register citation for each substance is included.
[2] Lorcaserin (Belviq) 2020 US Increased risk of cancer. [32] Lumiracoxib (Prexige) 2007–2008 Worldwide Liver damage Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) 1950s–1960s Marketed as a psychiatric drug; withdrawn after it became widely used recreationally. Now illegal in most of the world. Mebanazine: 1975 UK Hepatotoxicity, drug intereaction. [3]