FDA & Prescription Drugs

• Vita Breath Supplement Recalled Due To Excessive Lead

  Chrissie Cole | May 01, 2010 12:06 AM | 0 CommentsWaco, TX

  Consumers should avoid purchasing or consuming Vita Breath, a dietary supplement manufactured by American Herbal Lab Inc., warns the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because they have the...

• Defective Kugel Hernia Mesh Patch Recalled By FDA

  Craig Cherry | April 22, 2007 1:13 PM | 0 CommentsWaco, TX

  C.R. Bard Inc., its subsidiary Davol, Inc., along with the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) have intiated three separate voluntary recalls regarding the Bard Composix Kugel Hernia Mesh Patch. The Kugel patch is used to repair ventral hernias caused by stretching of scar tissue that forms after surgery. The Kugel patch is also used to repair inguinal and laparoscopic hernias in addition to the...

• Agency Recalls Two Lots of Plavix

  Christina Cole | February 19, 2007 12:40 AM | 0 CommentsWaco, TX

  France's pharmaceutical regulatory agency is recalling two lots of Sanofi-Aventis' anti blood-clotting drug Plavix in France as a precautionary measure. The decision was determined after officials in Britian discovered counterfeit Plavix bearing the same lot numbers 3051 and 3091, France's Afssaps Agency said.Sanovi-Aventis stresses they are confident that its Plavix were up to standard and the...