Archive for January, 2009

Nursing - Going to the max

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

SOUNDALIKE DRUGS
Since 1997, the FDA has received six medication error reports involving Volmax (albuterol), used to treat bronchospasm, and Flomax (tamsulosin HCl), for signs and symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
In the one reported cas…

Men’s Health Advisor - Label change ordered for prostate drug

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered the makers of Flomax, the most commonly prescribed drug to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (enlarged prostate), to change the label to reflect the possibility that the drug is linked to a condition that can complicate cataract surgery. Enlarged-prost…