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HHP Medication Safety Watch
Welcome to HHP Medication Safety Watch. Each month we'll provide links and information about selected medicines and health products from the full FDA list of recalls, withdrawals, and alerts. This can help you stay informed about potential problems with prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, and health products you may use to treat illness, ease pain, or relieve bothersome symptoms.
- Oral health products (storage violations)
- Hand sanitizer (contamination)
- Male enhancement supplements (contamination)
- Blood pressure and blood thinner medications (labeling error)
- Male enhancement supplements (contamination)
- Stomach remedies (contamination)
- Laxatives (possible contamination)
- Hundreds of over-the-counter products (storage violations)
- Sunscreen spray (contamination)
- Laxatives (possible contamination)
- Male enhancement supplements (contamination)
- Insulin injector pens (missing labels)
- Male enhancement supplement (contamination)
- Laxative (contamination)
- Nasal spray (contamination)
- Stomach remedies (contamination)
- Arthritis remedy (contamination)
- Children's allergy treatment (contamination)
- Opiate medication (incorrect labeling)
- Anagrelide (defective capsules)
- Flavor enhancer (contamination)
- Hand sanitizers (contamination)
- Male enhancement supplement (contamination)
- Insulin (missing label)
- Blood pressure medication (contamination)
- Hand sanitizer (contamination)
- Multiple products (contamination)
- Personal hygiene products (contamination)
- Blood pressure medication (contamination)
- Injectable compounded medicines
- Epinephrine (syringe malfunction)
- Muscle relaxant (contamination)
- Male enhancement supplements (contamination)
- Multiple products (warehouse contamination)
- Personal hygiene products (contamination)
- Natural laxative (contamination)
- Male enhancement supplement (contamination)
- Wound care gel (contamination)
- Insulin injector pen (labeling)
- Cold/flu remedy
- Steroid ointment
- Metformin, extended-release
- Heart medication
- Multiple medications prepared by a specific compounding pharmacy
- Blood thinner
- Hand sanitizer (packaging)
- Foot care products (contamination)
- Personal hygiene products (contamination)
- Hand sanitizer (contamination)
- Antifungal sprays (possible contamination)
- Pain reliever (incorrect dose)
- Blood pressure medication (possible contamination)
- Amifampridine (contamination)
- Chantix (contamination)
- Weight-loss supplement (contamination)
- Atovaquone (temperature control)
- Chantix (contamination)
- Hand sanitizer (packaging)
- Sunscreens (contamination)
- Chantix (contamination)
- Hand sanitizer packaging
- Metformin, extended-release
- Hand sanitizer (bacterial contamination)
- Hand sanitizer (contamination with other substances)
- Male enhancement supplements
- Dietary supplements
- Hand sanitizer (bacterial contamination)
- Hand sanitizer (contamination with other substances)
- Male enhancement supplements
- Acetaminophen
- Guanfacine
- Thyroid medication
- Hand sanitizer (packaging)
- Hand sanitizer (contamination)
- Male enhancement supplements
- Spironolactone
- Telmisartan
- Dietary supplements
- Blood thinner
- Pulse oximeters
- Rubbing alcohol
- Oral rinse
- Hand sanitizers (countrywide alert)
- Metformin, extended-release
- Skin treatments for breastfeeding and infants
- Topical anesthetic
- Hand sanitizer
- Oral rinse
- Medication mix-up
- Blood thinner
- Nutritional supplement
- "Immune booster"
- Oral rinse
- Metformin, extended-release
- Skin salves or creams
- Hand sanitizer packaging
- Oral rinse
- Metformin, extended-release
- NSAIDs during pregnancy
- Male enhancement pills
- Hand sanitizers
- Thyroid medicines
- Metformin, extended-release
- Labels on benzodiazepines
- Hand sanitizers
- Goldenseal root powder
- Nasal spray medications
- Metformin, extended-release
- Hand sanitizers
- CBD oil
- Hemp oil
- Metformin, extended-release
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