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FDA Alert: UPDATED: Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Losartan Potassium Tablets, USP and Losartan Potassium and Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets, USP
The impurity detected in the active ingredient for Losartan is N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA), which is a substance that occurs naturally in certain foods, drinking water, air pollution, and industrial processes, and has been classified as a probable human carcinogen as per international Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classification. Torrent is only recalling lots of losartan containing products that contain Nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) above the acceptable daily intake levels released by the FDA.
[...]Known Drug Traffickers Caught Shipping 12,000 Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills to Alaska
What started out as a traffic stop in southern California ended up with the arrest of two men and the seizure of a package that contained thousands of counterfeit pills that tested positive for fentanyl. All those pills plus other illicit narcotics were destined for an address in Alaska…
[...]Caseloads Created By The Opioid Crisis Taking A Toll On Coroners And Medical Examiners
Coroners and medical examiners do more than just rule on the cause and manner of death. They also photograph scenes, collect physical evidence with law enforcement, transport the bodies for autopsies, and notify the next of kin. With the increased workload due to the opioid crisis, some of these professionals and their budgets are being pushed to the edge…
[...]Law Enforcement Seized Hundreds Of Fentanyl Pills And Thousands Of Xanax In Alabama
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that an Alabama resident received a prison sentence of over 10 years after pleading guilty to possession, distribution and conspiracy to distribute hundreds of fake pills made with fentanyl and over 80,000 counterfeit Xanax pill…
[...]Bust By Louisville Police Keeps 20,000 Counterfeit Xanax Made With Fentanyl Off The Streets
The Louisville Metro Police Department started the new year off by announcing a major drug bust. Hidden inside a minivan, they found 20,000 Xanax pills that they say are counterfeits made with fentanyl. Two arrests were made, but no names have been released…
[...]Minnesota Man Who Sold Fake Pills Made With Carfentanil Gets Probation
A man in Minnesota who purchased and distributed counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with carfentanil and cocaine received only a three year probation sentence. Joshua Ryan Chlan pled guilty to one count fourth-degree possession with intent to sell. The pills he sold caused three non-fatal overdoses in as many days…
[...]Federal Agents Bust Four Couriers Delivering Fake Fentanyl Pills Across The Border For A Known Drug Trafficker in Tijuana
The Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California announced charges against four individuals who allegedly smuggled 10,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl across the U.S.-Mexico border for a known drug trafficker based in Tijuana…
[...]Partnership for Safe Medicines’ Statement on New Drug Importation Bills
Washington, D.C. (January 10, 2019) – Marv Shepherd, President of the Partnership for Safe Medicines, released the following statement today in response to new legislation, the “Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act,” and the “Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019” which would allow medicines to be imported into the United States…
[...]Raid In British Columbia, Canada Turns Up A Pill Press And Over 100 Different Pill Dyes
Counterfeit pills continue to be a problem in Canada. In Surrey, British Columbia, a raid in November turned up a drug manufacturing lab that contained a pill press and dyes for over 100 different pills. A high school both in that province and another in Ontario have also recently experienced issues of students overdosing from counterfeit Xanax pills…
[...]FDA Alert: Happy Together, Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Product Due to Presence of Undeclared Sildenafil and Tadalafil
Happy Together, Inc. Boynton Beach, FL is voluntarily recalling all lots within expiry of the Rhino 5k capsules to the consumer level. FDA analysis founds these products to be tainted with sildenafil and Tadalafil. Sildenafil/Tadalafil is an FDA approved drug for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, the presence of sildenafil in the Rhino 5k products renders them unapproved drugs for which safety and efficacy have not been established, therefor subject to recall.
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