Saturday, February 16, 2013

Meningitis outbreak shines light on harms caused by tainted medications

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1076632


Meningitis outbreak shines light on harms caused by tainted medications

Tainted medications coming from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy have sickened hundreds of peope across the U.S.


February 16, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Nearly 700 people around the country - almost 50 of them in New Jersey - have been infected with fungal meningitis transmitted in tainted steroid injections prepared by a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy. Six clinics in New Jersey, among them orthopedists, surgeons and pain management facilities, received the infected medications and injected them into patients seeking relief from chronic back pain.




Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1076632#ixzz2L4Fsr2DT

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