The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed manufacturing giant Johnson & Johnson in May, 2017 that they must put new warning labels on diabetes drug, Invokana (generic, canagliflozin), and its variations, Invokamet and Invokamet XR. The new warning is...
Month: June 2017
There Could be Lead in Your Baby’s Food
A report recently conducted by the Environmental Defense Fund, a not for profit, nonpartisan advocacy group, shows that twenty percent of baby food samples taken in their studies were positive for lead that is higher than the incidence of lead being in regular...
Mibelas Nationwide Birth Control Recall
Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has voluntarily recalled some of its birth control pills, called Mibelas 24 Fe (Lot L600518, Expiration Date 05/18). A packaging error occurred, in at least one market reported complaint, in which the blister pack the pills are housed in...
Fidget Spinner Choking Hazards
2017 has netted a new, perhaps somewhat controversial, product fad in the fidget spinner. This toy was at first looked to by parents as a possible aid to kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or autism spectrum disorders. The popularity then spread like...