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FDA Requires Black Box Warning for Reglan (Metoclopramide)

By Robert Kraft

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The AP (2/27) reports, "Federal health officials are adding their sternest warning to a heartburn drug that has been linked to muscle spasms." The agency claims that "the drug, widely known as Reglan [metoclopramide], has been shown to cause spasms and tics when used for long periods of time or at high doses." These problems "are usually irreversible, even after patients stop taking the drug," the FDA notes. As a result, "the agency is requiring drugmakers to add a black box warning, the most serious type available, to their products" and to "distribute medication safety guides to patients." Although "the...

Full post as published by P.I.S.S.D. -- Personal Injury, Social Security Disability on February 27, 2009 (boomark / email).

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