Rexall Recalls Calcium Vitamin Softgels Lot On Undeclared Shellfish

"The recalled product involves only one lot number 387651-04, and has product number 45211, UPC Code 3 01220 45211 3, and expiration date 08/15."

Jan 8th - Novartis Consumer Health Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Certain Over-the-Counter Products... -- Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin, Gas-X Prevention

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. (NCH) announced today that it is voluntarily recalling all lots of select bottle packaging configurations of Excedrin^® and NoDoz^® products with expiry dates of December 20, 2014 or earlier as well as Bufferin^® and Gas-X Prevention^® products with expiry dates of December 20, 2013 or earlier, in the United States. NCH is taking this action as a precautionary measure because the products may contain stray tablets, capsules, or caplets from other Novartis products, or contain broken or chipped tablets...........

abstract: Recall of intensive care unit stay in patients managed with a sedation protocol or a sedation protocol with daily sedative interruption

CONCLUSION: A notable percentage of patients discharged from the ICU report moderate to extreme pain, anxiety, and fear, and inability to sleep during their ICU stay; and 29% to 48% have no recall of specific ICU events.

FDA Alert: Aromatase Inhibitors in Products Marketed as Dietary Supplements: Recall

Sept 27th: Lots of Epogen and Procrit Recalled Due to Glass Flakes in Vials

"According to the manufacturer, the lamellae result from the interaction of the formulation with glass vials during the shelf life of the product. However, the company states that it has found that the lamellae have a low potential to affect patients who may have received the recalled product. "To date, there have been no complaints or adverse events reported which can be directly attributed to the presence of glass lamellae," the company notes."

MedEffect Canada - 2010 - Advisories, Warnings and Recalls

June

* CIPROFLOXACIN INJECTION - Voluntary Recall
o Notice to Hospitals [2010-06-09]


per Wiki: "Ciprofloxacin is marketed worldwide with over three hundred different brand names. In the United States, Canada and the UK, it is marketed as Baycip, Ciloxan, Ciflox, Cipro, Cipro XR, Cipro XL, Ciproxin and most recently, Proquin. Additionally, ciprofloxacin is available as a generic drug under a variety of different brand names and is also available for limited use in veterinary medicine."

Radiation recall dermatitis triggered by multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors: sunitinib and sorafenib

Note: other treatments such as Gemzar/Gemcitabine have been noted in radiation recall