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The MedWatch October 2012 Safety Labeling Changes posting includes 58 products with safety labeling changes to the following sections: CONTRAINDICATIONS, WARNINGS, PRECAUTIONS, ADVERSE REACTIONS and PATIENT PACKAGE INSERT. The “Summary Page” available via the following link provides a listing of drug names and safety labeling sections revised: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/ucm326133.htm The following drugs had modifications to the […]

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Editor Emeritus on November 1st, 2012

The November 2012 edition of The Health Gazette Ezine has been published as scheduled on November 1st. This month our main article, titled Urinary Tract Infections: Spare the Antibiotics, explains how to successfully treat UTIs without antibiotics. Subscription to the Ezine Edition is now CLOSED. We believe we have now removed or converted all subscription […]

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Editor Emeritus on October 19th, 2012

CDC and FDA have confirmed the presence of a fungus known as Exserohilum rostratum in unopened medication vials of preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate (80mg/ml) from one of the three implicated lots from NECC (Lot #08102012@51, BUD 2/6/2013).  The laboratory confirmation further links steroid injections from these lots from NECC to the multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and joint […]

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The MedWatch September 2012 Safety Labeling Changes posting includes 60 products with safety labeling changes to the following sections: BOXED WARNINGS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, WARNINGS, PRECAUTIONS, ADVERSE REACTIONS and PATIENT PACKAGE INSERT. The “Summary Page” available via the following link provides a listing of drug names and safety labeling sections revised: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/Safety-RelatedDrugLabelingChanges/ucm323036.htm The following drugs had modifications […]

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Editor Emeritus on October 1st, 2012

The October 2012 edition of The Health Gazette Ezine has been published as scheduled on October 1st. This month our main article, titled Health: Do you have the guts for it?, briefly explores the central importance of one’s resident intestinal microflora for health. Subscription to the Ezine Edition is now CLOSED. We believe we have […]

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