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Update August 10, 2016
FDA released an updated statement including a voluntary recall of all of liquid
products manufactured by PharmaTech and distributed by: Rugby, Major,
Bayshore, Metron, Centurion, and Virtus.
Instructions and a product list are included in the announcements, which
can be read at http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm511527.htm
and http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm515610.htm.
This issue remains under investigation. In addition to the above recall of
all liquid products manufactured by PharmaTech, both FDA and CDC continue to
recommend that clinicians and patients not use any brand of
liquid docusate sodium product as a stool softener or for any other medical
purpose.
To date, CDC has confirmed 60 cases from 8 states.
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