FDA to remove unapproved cough and cold medicines

[HuckleB]

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-fda-cough-medicine-20110302,0,967027.story

"The Food and Drug Administration plans to remove some unapproved prescription cough, cold and allergy medicines now sitting on store shelves, the agency announced Wednesday.

The products, which may be inappropriately labeled for use by infants and young children, could pose an unnecessary risk because they haven't been tested for safety and efficacy, the FDA said. Some may have risky ingredients, and others -- marketed as 'timed release' -- may release active ingredients too slowly, too quickly or inconsistently.

Some products have names that look or sound similar to other products -- a problem that could contribute to medication errors.

Many of the unapproved drug products that the FDA plans to remove from the market contain the same ingredients as the over-the-counter cough and cold products that were the subject of a 2008 FDA public health advisory.

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This is good, I think.

[xchrom]

1. recommend

[azurnoir]

2. another thread on this subject

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x540005

what it comes down to IMO is that the brands that are being gone after are 'knock offs' of more expensive brand name products, there are an awful lot could be's and perhapses in that article

[HuckleB]

3. These products didn't follow some basic rule....

Further, they don't work, name brand or not, so we should probably pull them all.

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=8348