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: Illinois Injury Lawyer BlogMetoclopramide to get FDA black box warning
The U.S. FDA announced today that the manufacturers of metoclopramide, a drug used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, must add a black box warning to its drug labels about the risk of long-term or high-dose use. Chronic use of the drug has been linked to personal injuries, such as tardive dyskinesia.
To read more about the new warning for the pharmaceutical.
Full post as published by Illinois Injury Lawyer Blog on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).
Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin.
The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...
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