SimplyThick
May
21
Editor Emeritus on May 21st, 2011
ISSUE: FDA notified parents, caregivers and health care providers not to feed SimplyThick, a thickening agent for management of swallowing disorders, to infants born before 37 weeks. The product may cause necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a life-threatening condition characterized by inflammation and death of intestinal tissue. BACKGROUND: FDA first learned of adverse events possibly linked to […]