Pharm Friday June 14, 2008
June 13, 2008 by Becky Ramsey
Filed under Business
RECALL:
Morphine Sulfate Lot #91762 Voluntarily Recalled
The morphine sulfate tablet has been voluntarily recalled due to an increased thickness of tablets issued in this lot. This tablets may contain twice the amount of morphine sulfate.
NEWS:
Chicago Grocer to Offer $4 Prescription Drugs
Dominick’s, Chicago area’s 2nd largest grocery chain, will offer 300+ popular generic prescriptions at $4/30-day supply, $8/60-day supply, and $12/90-day supply to rival Wa-Mart’s discount prescription offers. Chicago’s largest grocery chain, Jewel-Osco, has not announced a similar plan as of yet.
Prescription Medications 3 Times More Deadly Than Illegal Drugs In FL
The Florida Medical Examiner’s Commission has released a report which has “found that the rate of deaths caused by prescription drugs was three times the rate of deaths caused by all illicit drugs combined.”
Suicide Warnings for Epilepsy Drugs
The FDA is nearing the finalization of suicide warnings for 11 epilepsy drugs.
In related news: A small trial finds St. John’s Wort to be ineffective as a treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Many had been turning to St. John’s Wort as an alternative to prescription drugs.
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