[embedded content] English El consumo de tabaco es la principal causa evitable de muerte en los Estados Unidos, con más de 480,000 muertes anuales. Casi el 70 por ciento de los fumadores actuales afirman que desean dejar de fumar, pero conseguirlo puede ser difícil y a menudo requiere múltiples intentos. Hay varios medicamentos aprobados por…
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Anagrelide Capsules, USP Due to Dissolution Test Failure
Summary Company Announcement Date: December 09, 2020 FDA Publish Date: December 09, 2020 Product Type: Drugs Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Due to dissolution test failure Company Name: Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited Product Description: Product Description Anagrelide Capsule USP 1mg Company Announcement Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited is voluntarily recalling…
AvKARE Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Sildenafil 100mg Tablets and Trazodone 100mg Tablets Due to Product Mix-Up
Summary Company Announcement Date: December 09, 2020 FDA Publish Date: December 09, 2020 Product Type: Drugs Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Due to product mix-up Company Name: AvKare Brand Name: Brand Name(s) Product Description: Product Description Sildenafil 100 mg tablets and Trazodone 100mg tablets Company Announcement AvKARE, Pulaski, TN is voluntarily recalling one lot…
Wear Face Masks with No Metal During MRI Exams: FDA Safety Communication
Date Issued: December 7, 2020 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing patients and health care providers that patients may be injured if they wear face masks (such as surgical or non-surgical masks and respirators) with metal parts and coatings during a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) exam. Metal parts, like nose pieces sometimes…
‘Gluten-Free’ Means What It Says
Image Español In August 2013, the Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule that defined what characteristics a food has to have to bear a “gluten-free” claim. The rule also holds foods labeled “without gluten,” “free of gluten,” and “no gluten” to the same standard. Manufacturers had one year to bring their labels into…
WishGarden Herbs Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Cord Care and Goldenseal Powder Due to Bacterial Contamination
Summary Company Announcement Date: December 04, 2020 FDA Publish Date: December 04, 2020 Product Type: Drugs Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Product may be contaminated with Cronobacter sakazakii Company Name: WishGarden Herbs, Inc. Brand Name: Brand Name(s) WishGarden Herbal Remedies Product Description: Product Description Cord Care and Goldenseal Powder Company Announcement WishGarden Herbs, Inc….
Have Food Allergies? Read the Label
Image Since 2006, it has been much easier for people allergic to certain foods to avoid packaged products that contain them, says Rhonda Kane, a registered dietitian and consumer safety officer at the Food and Drug Administration. This is because a federal law requires that the labels of most packaged foods marketed in the U.S….
UPDATE: The FDA Reminds Patients and Health Care Providers of the Importance of At Least Yearly, Lifelong Follow-Up with Use of Endologix AFX Endovascular AAA Graft Systems: FDA Safety Communication
Date: December 4, 2020 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating our October 28, 2019 safety communication on the use of AFX endovascular grafts with Duraply material (AFX with Duraply or AFX2) to provide new data, review current recommendations, and announce the FDA’s intention to convene an Advisory Committee meeting in 2021. The…
Si dice ‘Sin gluten’ significa ahora que no tiene gluten
Image English En agosto de 2013, la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) dio a conocer una norma definitiva que definía las características que debe tener un alimento para etiquetarse como “sin gluten” (gluten-free). La norma también somete al mismo criterio a los alimentos cuya etiqueta diga “no contiene gluten”,…
WishGarden Herbs Issues Voluntary National Recall of 46 Units of Happy Ducts Compress Due to Bacterial Contamination
Summary Company Announcement Date: December 01, 2020 FDA Publish Date: December 01, 2020 Product Type: Drugs Reason for Announcement: Recall Reason Description Product may be contaminated with Cronobacter sakazakii. Company Name: WishGarden Herbs Brand Name: Brand Name(s) WishGarden Herbal Remedies Product Description: Product Description Happy Ducts Compress Company Announcement WishGarden Herbs, Inc. is voluntarily recalling…