The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) presented the preliminary results of new research on montelukast at the American College of Toxicology meeting recently, describing potential side-effect risks for the oral asthma drug. Montelukast may be leading to mental health conditions and suicide by attaching to multiple brain receptors that are involved in psychiatric functioning, researchers say. According to Reuters, thousands of patients have reported neuropsychiatric episodes, prompting the FDA to launch a comprehensive investigation and …
Read MoreCheck Your Clinic for OTC Soaps Purported to be ‘Antibacterial’
Urgent care operators that offer over-the-counter soaps marked as “antibacterial” in restrooms or other public areas should be aware that such products can no longer be marketed in the U.S., thanks to a new ruling by the Food and Drug Administration. Sharp-eyed (and certainly germaphobic) patients and other visitors to your urgent care center may take umbrage with signage or containers making claims that the soaps are antibacterial. The FDA made the decision after a …
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