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Watson Hydrocodone and Acetaminophen Tablets Recalled Due to Potential Higher Dosage 4 Oct 2012 | 02:56 am
Watson Laboratories, Inc initiated a voluntary nationwide recall for two lots of hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen tablets, 10 mg/500 mg, due to the possibility that some tablets may contain mo...
Nominations for 2013 NABP Annual Awards Now Being Accepted 27 Sep 2012 | 12:49 am
NABP invites you to nominate a colleague or a board of pharmacy for a 2013 NABP award. If you know someone that represents NABP’s mission of protecting public health, please send in your nomination to...
FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Intestinomicina Due to Serious Health Risks 27 Sep 2012 | 12:46 am
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns consumers not to use Intestinomicina, a drug product manufactured in El Salvador and marketed as a treatment for infectious diarrhea and acute gastrointestinal...
Reminder: DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday, September 29, 2012 27 Sep 2012 | 12:39 am
To help fight the prescription drug abuse epidemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is hosting the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this Saturday, September 29, 2012. On this day, fr...
AHRQ Plans to Test System for Collecting Safety Event Information From Patients, Accepting Public Comments 27 Sep 2012 | 12:35 am
Public comments may be submitted on a project proposed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that aims to design and test a system for collecting information from patients about hea...
Prescription Drug Abuse Rates Fell in 2011, Still Second Only to Marijuana Use 27 Sep 2012 | 12:34 am
The number of people abusing prescription medications fell by 13% from 7 million in 2010 to 6.1 million in 2011, as indicated in the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). This annual ...
Puerto Rican Man Convicted for Distributing Counterfeit Drug Products 19 Sep 2012 | 11:10 pm
Francis Ortiz Gonzalez of Puerto Rico has been convicted of federal charges relating to his involvement in the large scale distribution of counterfeit drugs throughout the United States and worldwide....
Protecting Public from Counterfeit Drugs Top FDA Priority, New Detection Device in Use 19 Sep 2012 | 11:02 pm
Protecting the public health from counterfeit drugs entering the US is a top priority for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), stressed FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, at a September 10, 201...
New Drugfree.org Project Aims to Prevent Teen Abuse of Medications 19 Sep 2012 | 10:57 pm
The Medicine Abuse Project, a new initiative from the Partnership at Drugfree.org, aims to prevent half a million teens from abusing medicine within five years. The project features an educational Web...
Rare Cases of Burns Associated with OTC Topical Muscle and Joint Pain Relievers, FDA Warns 19 Sep 2012 | 10:53 pm
FDA alerts the public that certain over-the-counter (OTC) products that are applied to the skin for the relief of mild muscle and joint pain have been reported to cause rare cases of serious skin inju...
