FDA Issues Hydroxycut Recall Warning The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers to immediately stop using Hydroxycut products by Iovate Health Sciences Inc., of Oakville, Ontario and distributed by Iovate Health Sciences USA Inc. of Blasdell, N.Y. Some Hydroxycut products are associated with a number of serious liver injuries. Iovate has agreed [...]
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Diet supplement recalled by FDA due to Liver damage
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a consumer advisory about certain Hydroxycut-branded products. According to the advisory, the FDA has received 23 reports over more than seven years about consumers having experienced serious liver-related problems coinciding with the time they were taking Hydroxycut-branded products. The advisory states that, “Although the liver damage [...]
FDA requires stronger warning for Botox
FDA notified healthcare professionals that after an ongoing safety review initiated in February 2008, the manufacturers of licensed botulinum toxin products will be required by FDA to strengthen warnings in product labeling and add a boxed warning regarding the risk of adverse events when the effects of the toxin spread beyond the site where it [...]
Infuend products recalled due to dosing problems
Clearwater, Fl., April 13, 2009 – ION Labs Inc. of Clearwater, FL. is voluntarily recalling all of the Influend Cough and Cold products sold on or after May 30, 2008. ION Labs Inc. is Recalling the listed products due to the products not tested in conformance with the specifications of the lab, therefore the products [...]
More Digoxin tablets recalled
Poor Quality Control Leads to Varying Amount of Active Ingredient 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 [...]
Jury Convicts Two Doctors and Two Medical Assistants in $5.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scam
WASHINGTON, DC (March 17, 2009) – A federal jury in Miami today convicted two physicians and two medical assistants in connection with a $5.3 million Medicare fraud scheme, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida announced. After a two-week [...]
Miners and other underground workers Exposed to High Levels of Carcinogenic Diesel Exhaust
Authors of article in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology found that people who work underground have the greatest amount of exposure to diesel exhaust, a probable human carcinogen. Pronka, A. Occupational exposure to diesel engine exhaust: A literature review. (March 11, 2008) Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. Diesel exhaust contains [...]
Class I Recall of Baxter´s Colleague Infusion Pump
DEERFIELD, Ill., (March 11, 2009) – Baxter International Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified Baxter’s January 23, 2009 Urgent Device Correction letter to customers regarding U.S. COLLEAGUE® Volumetric Infusion Pumps as a Class I recall. Baxter issued the letter based on findings from its ongoing quality control processes. [...]
Children’s Bath Products Contaminated With Formaldehyde, 1,4-Dioxane
WASHINGTON, DC (March 12, 2009) — Despite marketing claims like “gentle” and “pure,” dozens of top-selling children’s bath products are contaminated with the cancer-causing chemicals formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane, according to product test results released today by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. The chemicals were not disclosed on product labels because contaminants are exempt from labeling [...]
Transdermal Drug Patches with Metallic Backings Cause Severe Burns
FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that certain transdermal patches (medicated patches applied to the skin), containing aluminum or other metals in the backing of the patches, can overheat during an MRI scan and cause skin burns in the immediate area of the patch. FDA is in the process of reviewing the labeling and composition [...]
