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FDA Medwatch Alert: Treanda (bendamustine HCL): Recall - Particulate Matter in Vial
Posted 30 Jan 2012 by Drugs.com
ISSUE: Cephalon, Inc. notified healthcare professionals of a recall of Treanda (bendamustine HCL) for Injection 25mg/8mL, lot TB30111, expiration date 12/2012. This product lot is being recalled due to the presence of particulate matter found in a single vial, which has been identified as glass fragments. Potential adverse events after intravenous administration of solutions containing particulates may present as an emboli and result in disruption of blood flow causing tissue/organ damage, especially in vulnerable patients such as those undergoing surgery, immunosuppressed individuals, and the elderly, as well as patients with micro or macrovasular disease, such as cardiac and renal disease, who may be more at risk since their vasculature and end organs are already compromised. The affected Treanda lot is packaged in 8 mL vials and was distributed to wholesalers and distributors ... Read more
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Cancer Patients Should Ask Doctors to Use Simple Terms
Posted 28 Sep 2011 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28 – Cancer patients are often faced with many difficult-to-understand treatment choices that can have serious side effects and even mean the difference between life and death. That's why it's crucial that patients insist doctors use plain language in explaining the options, advised Angela Fagerlin, an associate professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and a researcher at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center. "People are making life and death decisions that may affect their survival and they need to know what they're getting themselves into. Cancer treatments and tests can be serious. Patients need to know what kind of side effects they might experience as a result of the treatment they undergo," Fagerlin said in a university news release. She and her colleagues outlined a number of tips to help patients get the information they need ... Read more
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