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Drug manufacturer ApotheCure and the Food and Drug Administration enacted an immediate recall of compounded Injectable Colchicine .5mg/ml, 4ml vials, lot number 20070122@26 due to three recent deaths in Oregon. ApotheCure, a pharmacy based in Texas, recently mistakenly made this batch of an already dangerous drug 10 times stronger than the label stated. Colchicine is an extremely toxic nitrogen-based medication used by doctors to treat a number of conditions such as:
Gout: Gout is caused when uric acid builds up in the cartilage of the tendons or joints throughout the body, which inflames the tissues and results in immense pain. Colchicine gout treatment side effects are extremely dangerous unless the drug is administered carefully
Secondary amyloidosis(AA): This condition occurs when protein deposits build up in the body
Scleroderma: When collagen builds up the skin or other organs it can cause scleroderma, which can be fatal in some cases
Familial Mediterranean fever: This autoimmune disease affects people with ancestry primarily from around the Mediterranean Sea, and affects a wide number of systems including the chest, lungs, skin, and abdomen.
This recall is very similar to a recall that occurred in 2000 when Phyne Pharmaceuticals of Scottsdale, Arizona accidentally labeled their injectable colchicine .5 mg/mL, but it was actually the far more potent and potentially fatal 5 mg/mL.
Three people in Oregon have already died due mislabeled compounded colchicine. Compounding is a process that pharmacies sometimes use to create medications for people that have certain conditions that prevent them from using standard drugs. ApotheCure Inc. compounded colchicine for the Oregon patients, but made it too strong. Colchicine is already extremely dangerous under the right conditions, but when it is used incorrectly it can be almost immediately life-threatening. ApotheCure Inc. initiated a recall in order to prevent more fatalities from occurring.
Colchicine poisoning side effects include:
Fatigue
Weakness
Sore throat
Rash
Numbness
Allergic reactions such as hives, swelling of lips/face/tongue, closing of throat, difficulty breathing
Unsuspected bleeding and bruising
The most serious colchicine side effects include:
Fetal damage in pregnant women
Anemia,
Respiratory failure
Kidney failure
Death
To learn more about Colchicine or for information on hirnig a Colchicine lawyer, please visit our website at http://www.resource4thepeople.com/recalleddrugs/colchicine.html This article may be freely reprinted as long as this resource box is included and all links stay intact as hyperlinks.
Att Customer ServiceDid you know that your arrest record is public? Yep, it sure is. Anybody and everybody can look you up if they wanted to. If you want you can actually do the same, if you have the time and the money. A public arrest record will show the world who was arrested, for what, and who the victim was, as well as when the crime was committed. For example, it would show that Bob Jones was arrested for assaulting Tom Smith by slapping him in a nightclub on December 23, 1976. If the record is old enough that the person went to court, then things could sticky. If they are found to be not guilty, they can have the records sealed up, and when asked if theyve ever been arrested, they can say no without legal repercussions.
On the other hand, a rap sheet is not available as public record. Rap sheets are only available for law enforcement and the courts. A rap sheet, for those who dont know, is a much more detailed public arrest record that also includes a detailed description of the criminal.
The people whose records you might have trouble find are juveniles. Juveniles will have their records protected very well, and once they turn 18, the records are expunged and its like nothing ever happened. Pedophiles, on the other hand, are the easiest to find. Every local and state government hates pedophiles with a passion, so they will actually go out of their way to show you that these people have been arrested for child molestation. The government agencies might even send you an arrest record the day that they move, just for safetys sake.
If you are selling firearms, then a public arrest record is exactly what you need. If the potential buyer wants to buy a firearm and has an arrest for assault with a deadly weapon, even if it has not gone to court yet, refuse the sale. This person is a security risk to anyone that he or she comes into contact with. Do you want that on your conscience?
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