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Your Health September 18, 2009
A warning tonight about stolen respiratory medicines. The Food and Drug Administration says...people should be watchful for stolen two respiratory inhalation solutions Albuterol Sulfate - 0.083 percent and Ipratropium Bromide - 0.02 percent.
FDA issues warning over use of stolen asthma inhalers
ROCKVILLE,A Md. The Food and Drug Administration has advised patients to avoid using asthma inhalers that may come from a truck stolen in Florida.
More Dey Inhalation Solutions Stolen in Transit
FDA yesterday advised the public not to use certain ipratropium bromide and albuterol sulfate inhalation solutions by Dey if purchased after September 8 because the medications might have been in a tractor-trailer that was stolen in Tampa, Florida.
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FDA Says to Avoid Stolen Albuterol Sulfate, Ipratropium Bromide
The FDA has warned patients not to use over 1.3 million doses of inhaled respiratory medications made by Dey LP that were purchased after Sept.
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