By Anna Edney - Nov 2, 2012
The recall of hundreds of drugs by Ameridose LLC, a compounding pharmacy associated with the U.S. meningitis outbreak, may be exacerbating shortages of medicines used for surgery and heart failure, regulators said.
The recall of hundreds of drugs by Ameridose LLC, a compounding pharmacy associated with the U.S. meningitis outbreak, may be exacerbating shortages of medicines used for surgery and heart failure, regulators said.
The Food and Drug Administration is working with other
manufacturers to ramp up production and may consider foreign suppliers,
Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said in a Web posting
today. The drugs Westborough, Massachusetts-based Ameridose made were already in
short supply and include local anesthesias, muscle relaxers to prevent movement
during surgery and high-dose diuretics to remove fluids during congestive heart
failure.
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