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Store Your Medications Properly to Avoid Damage and Reduced Efficacy
There are many risks associated with taking medications, such as taking too much, too little, combining medications that shouldn’t be mixed, and taking a medication that’s been recalled. But did you know that medications can also be dangerous due to the way they are stored? Medications can pose dangers to patients due to both contamination (more...)
Thiosulfate injections are defective medical devices
February 10, 2011 Sometimes the things we’re prescribed to keep us healthy can actually cause injury due to defects. According to PR NewsWire, American Regent is recalling a medical device because it could cause injuries due to defects in the syringe containing the thiosulfate. Thiosulfate is used for the treatment of cyanide poison; however, due (more...)