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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Health care facilities in at least 13 states received the products from Main Street Family Pharmacy including: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.


WASHINGTONFederal health officials are investigating reports of complications caused by possibly contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.
The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that the investigation involves seven reports from patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn.
The injections contain methylprednisolone acetate, the same drug at the center of last year's deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis. More than 55 people have died and over 740 others have been sickened after receiving contaminated injections from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy, the New England Compounding Center. The steroids are usually used to treat pain and reduce inflammation.
The FDA said in a statement at least one of the seven cases appears to be a fungal infection. The government recommends doctors stop using any sterile drugs distributed by the pharmacy and quarantine them until further notice.
To date, there have been no reports of meningitis or life-threatening infections, the State of Tennessee Department of Health said in a press release.
The department added the patients were in Illinois and North Carolina, and received the injections after Dec. 6, 2012.
Health care facilities in at least 13 states received the products including: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
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