VERY Important Recall

FLGIRLINPAIN
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MedWatch logo MedWatch - The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
ETHEX Corporation notified healthcare professionals of a voluntary recall of a single lot of morphine sulfate 60 mg extended release tablets (Lot No. 91762) due to a report of a tablet with twice the appropriate thickness. Oversized tablets may contain as much as two times the labeled level of active morphine sulfate. The lot was distributed by ETHEX Corporation under an "ETHEX" label between April 16th and April 27th of 2008. Opioids such as morphine have life-threatening consequences if overdosed. Consequences can include respiratory depression (difficulty or lack of breathing), and low blood pressure. Many patients for whom this product is prescribed are likely to be highly debilitated with reduced strength or energy as a result of illness, and may be less likely to determine that a tablet is overweight or oversized than an unimpaired individual. If consumers have any questions about the recall, they should call their physician, pharmacist, or other health care provider.
Read the MedWatch 2008 safety summary, including a link to the firm's press release regarding this issue at:
http://www.fda. gov/medwatch/ safety/2008/ safety08. htm#Morphine

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Submitted by FLGIRLINPAIN on June 10, 2008 - 2:14pm. login or register to post comments

js57gifts
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I hope the pharms have a way

I hope the pharms have a way of figuring out who got the meds from that lot so they can notify the proper people in time before they ingest the large quantities of medication! 

I'm a social worker, not a medical professional. All comments and thoughts are simply my opinion and experience.



June 10, 2008 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

Flyer1976
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I doubt there is a way to tell who got what

Sad to say that there is probably no way to figure that out. And what makes it worse is that there is a law that says that the pharmacies cant put it into the manufactures bottles. Whatever that is meant to do. Stupid idiots with all this micromanaged government rules.


July 4, 2008 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

blueangel
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Warning

I moved to Arizona last Oct/07-I lived in Illinois, this is such a coincedence in the mail I received a letter from my old pharmacy(yesterday) and they sent out letters to all their customers. I was going to make a post today. I'm glad you did so FLGIRLINPAIN, thank you. I have to say good job to my old pharmacy- letters to all customers is a huge endeavor and a really excellent thing to do. Have a good 4th of July to all!!



July 4, 2008 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

LoCo4NoRcO
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ill tell you... youd think

ill tell you... youd think of the MILLIONS possibly BILLIONS of dollars this company is making, they just cant seem to do this right... i could see a misrepresentation of the potential for abuse (purdue pharma. or even not producing enough of the tablets for national distribution. but to "double stack" a MS tablet, is not only extremely careless, its a hole in the system for ethex, i would think carefully about this right here next time you see the little ETH on your tablet. its bad enough we cant trust all the doctors now, but the company will kill due to this problem. their purpose is simple, make meds safe and effective for individuals needing so. i dont see where its so hard for a billion dollar organization to do what they are supposed to be doing!! kind of enraged at the ignorance


July 31, 2008 - 3:38am login or register to post comments