Audience: Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, Patients [UPDATED 07/26/2011] FDA notified healthcare professionals to stop using CardioGen-82 for cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) scans. The manufacturer, Bracco Diagnostics, Inc. has decided to…

Audience: Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, Patients [UPDATED 07/26/2011] FDA notified healthcare professionals to stop using CardioGen-82 for cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) scans. The manufacturer, Bracco Diagnostics, Inc. has decided to…

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Audience: Family Medicine, Cardiology [UPDATED 07/22/2011] FDA has approved an updated drug label for Chantix (varenicline) to include information about the efficacy and safety of the drug in two patient populations who may benefit greatly from…

Audience: Family Medicine, Cardiology [UPDATED 07/22/2011] FDA has approved an updated drug label for Chantix (varenicline) to include information about the efficacy and safety of the drug in two patient populations who may benefit greatly from…

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Audience: Healthcare Professionals ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals that it is reviewing data from a clinical trial that evaluated the effects of the antiarrhythmic drug Multaq (dronedarone) in patients with permanent atrial…

Audience: Healthcare Professionals ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals that it is reviewing data from a clinical trial that evaluated the effects of the antiarrhythmic drug Multaq (dronedarone) in patients with permanent atrial…

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Audience: Geriatrics, Family Practice, Internal Medicine Includes: Fosamax (alendronate), Actonel (risedronate), Boniva (ibandronate), Atelvia (risedronate delayed release), Didronel (etidronate), and Skelid (tiludronate)
ISSUE: FDA notified…

Audience: Geriatrics, Family Practice, Internal Medicine Includes: Fosamax (alendronate), Actonel (risedronate), Boniva (ibandronate), Atelvia (risedronate delayed release), Didronel (etidronate), and Skelid (tiludronate)
ISSUE: FDA notified…

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Audience: Pharmacy
Calcium Gluconate Injection, USP, 10%, 100 mL Pharmacy Bulk Package (Lot #1006)
Concentrated Sodium Chloride Injection, USP 23.4%, 30 mL Single Dose Vials (Lot #0362)
Methyldopate HCL Injection, USP 5ml Single Dose…

Audience: Pharmacy
Calcium Gluconate Injection, USP, 10%, 100 mL Pharmacy Bulk Package (Lot #1006)
Concentrated Sodium Chloride Injection, USP 23.4%, 30 mL Single Dose Vials (Lot #0362)
Methyldopate HCL Injection, USP 5ml Single Dose…

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Audience: Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, Patients ISSUE: FDA notified the public and the medical imaging community about the potential for inadvertent, increased radiation exposure in patients who underwent or will be undergoing cardiac positron…

Audience: Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, Patients ISSUE: FDA notified the public and the medical imaging community about the potential for inadvertent, increased radiation exposure in patients who underwent or will be undergoing cardiac positron…

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Audience: Pediatrics, Pharmacy Patients may potentially receive either concentration (6 mg/mL or 12 mg/mL) from their pharmacy during the next influenza season (2011-2012).
ISSUE: Labeling changes are being made to Tamiflu oral suspension to reduce…

Audience: Pediatrics, Pharmacy Patients may potentially receive either concentration (6 mg/mL or 12 mg/mL) from their pharmacy during the next influenza season (2011-2012).
ISSUE: Labeling changes are being made to Tamiflu oral suspension to reduce…

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Audience: Consumer ISSUE: FDA is advising consumers not to purchase or use Slim Forte Slimming Capsule and Slim Forte Double Power Slimming Capsules. FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that these products contain sibutramine. Sibutramine is a…

Audience: Consumer ISSUE: FDA is advising consumers not to purchase or use Slim Forte Slimming Capsule and Slim Forte Double Power Slimming Capsules. FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that these products contain sibutramine. Sibutramine is a…

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Audience: Transplantation, Nephrology Increased Risk of Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD), predominantly involving the Central Nervous System (CNS), and Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)
ISSUE: Bristol-Myers Squibb…

Audience: Transplantation, Nephrology Increased Risk of Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD), predominantly involving the Central Nervous System (CNS), and Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)
ISSUE: Bristol-Myers Squibb…

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Audience: Pharmacy, Consumer ISSUE: McNeil Consumer Healthcare is recalling one product lot of Tylenol Extra Strength Caplets, 225 count bottles, distributed in the U.S. The recall stems from a small number of odor reports, including musty, moldy…

Audience: Pharmacy, Consumer ISSUE: McNeil Consumer Healthcare is recalling one product lot of Tylenol Extra Strength Caplets, 225 count bottles, distributed in the U.S. The recall stems from a small number of odor reports, including musty, moldy…

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