Methotrexate Recall October 27, 2010

**marta** · 10-30-2010, 03:11 PM

Hi gang, there's a mtx recall in the States. Here is a link to the press release and lot numbers:

Sandoz initiates voluntary recall in the US of all 50mg/2mL and 250mg/10mL vials of Methotrexate Injection, USP due to the presence of glass particulates

Hope all are doing well.

marta

**pberggren1** · 10-30-2010, 06:30 PM

Yikes! This sounds serious.

**DuaneHart** · 10-30-2010, 07:40 PM

Thank you so much for the alert on the recall! My mtx luckily was not manufactured by either of the two companies. Thanks again!

**elephant** · 10-30-2010, 11:15 PM

Thanks Marta!

**Sangye** · 10-31-2010, 02:30 AM

Additionally, GlaxoSmithKline was fined $750 million last week because of poor manufacturing standards with its drugs. Who knows how many people suffered or died as a result of this? Bactroban is on the list-- a drug many Weggies use.
GlaxoSmithKline to Pay $750M Settlement for Selling Faulty Drugs

GSK is the same company that makes Avandia (one of the drugs listed in the article), which has caused tens of thousands of heart attacks. GSK knew the risks and kept it on the market anyway. Because of their lobbying power, it remains on the market but can only be prescribed for patients who fail on other drugs.

**Jack** · 10-31-2010, 02:56 AM

Sangye does not like the drugs companies!

**elephant** · 10-31-2010, 03:11 AM

We all have to take medicine to keep us alive. I often wonder about these medicines that I get from Medco and am I getting the correct dosage. It's always a concern. We are all vulnerable!

**pberggren1** · 10-31-2010, 06:35 AM

Who does like the drug companies?

Sangye, bactroban, is that the same thing I use as an ointment?

**Sangye** · 10-31-2010, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by Jack

Sangye does not like the drugs companies!

LOL That's true, I don't! I want the truth out there. I'm really sick of people bashing nutritional supplements as being high-risk when stuff like this is going on everyday. Glass in mtx, mixed dosages and contaminants in meds...Aren't those the very same fears people have about nutritional supplements?

I also have a major problem with the lobbying power that pharmaceutical companies have in our country and how the absurdly high costs of their products prevent millions of people from getting the care they need. They gave millions of dollars to weaken health care reform, which means people can't even afford insurance that might help pay for their drugs.

Yesterday I got an email from Dr Seo asking if I'd be interested in doing an advertisement for Genentech (the manufacturer of rtx) since I've had such a good experience with it. No way! They're charging $10,000 PER DOSE, which leaves many Weggies and others unable to have access to it. When they make their drugs affordable and stop pushing a political agenda that harms people, maybe we'll talk.