FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy
Source: Usa today
Government health officials are investigating several complications reported with potentially 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 steroids are usually used to treat pain.
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