Substandard generic drugs are flooding the US market and putting all Americans at risk

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve

Substandard generic drugs are flooding the US market and putting all Americans at risk https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/substandard-generic-drugs-us-market-risk Despite safety concerns, hospitals keep using substandard generics and supermarket pharmacies, big box retailers and corner drug stores continue to sell them Most Americans would be shocked to learn that millions of doses of poor-quality and potentially harmful generic drugs […]

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Pfizer Pauses Distribution of Stop-Smoking Pill Chantix – cure worse than the addiction ?

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve

Pfizer Pauses Distribution of Stop-Smoking Pill Chantix https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953780 Pfizer is suspending distribution of the anti-smoking treatment Chantix after heightened levels of the carcinogen N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) were found in some lots of the pills. The pharmaceutical company is also recalling some lots of Chantix that may have high levels of NDMA, Reuters reported. Pfizer told Reuters […]

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