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Saturday, July 30, 2011

FDA Warns of Serious Drug Interactions in Patients Taking Psychiatric Drugs « news@JAMA (Linezolid/Zyvox/Methylene blue)



"Patients taking certain psychiatric drugs may experience serious neurological problems if they are given the antibacterial medication linezolid (sold under the brand name Zyvox) or methylene blue, a drug that is also used as a dye in some diagnostic procedures and for certain other uses, such as treating cyanide poisoning, according to a pair of warnings issued yesterday by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)."

Wiki Methylene blue resource:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylene_blue

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