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10-15-2012, 05:50 AM #1
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Meningitis Scary shit!
Meningitis outbreak rises to 205 cases: CDC
Reuters 11 hrs ago
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Seven more people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases to 205 in 14 states.
The death toll from the unprecedented outbreak was unchanged at 15, the CDC said. It put the number of people sickened at 205 and said new cases were confirmed in New Hampshire, Florida, Indiana, and Tennessee.
All but two of those who became ill were diagnosed with a rare type of fungal meningitis that has been the hallmark of the deadly outbreak. Two patients were diagnosed with peripheral joint infections linked to the tainted drug.
Tennessee continues to be the hardest hit state, with 53 cases of meningitis and six deaths, the CDC said, followed by Michigan with 41 cases and three deaths, and Virginia with 34 cases and one death.
The outbreak has turned into a major health scandal after a company based in Massachusetts shipped vials that may have been tainted to 23 states and 76 medical facilities.
The scare has prompted multiple investigations, and the Massachusetts-based company at the center of the outbreak, New England Compounding Center, has recalled the product and suspended operations.
NECC distributed thousands of vials of a contaminated steroid that has put 14,000 people at risk of contracting meningitis, according to government health officials.
Meningitis is an infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms include headache, fever and nausea. Fungal meningitis, unlike viral and bacterial meningitis, is not contagious.
The scare raised questions about how the pharmaceuticals industry operates. NECC engaged in a little-known practice called drug compounding that is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, which generally oversees drug makers.
In compounding, pharmacies prepare specific doses of approved medications, based on guidance from a doctor, to meet an individual patient's need.
Emails to one NECC customer obtained by Reuters revealed the company solicited bulk orders from physicians and failed to require proof of individual patient prescriptions as required by state regulations.
The emails support assertions made this week by state pharmacy regulators that the compounding firm, which was authorized to deliver products only in response to patient-specific prescriptions, had violated its license in Massachusetts.
Several states, including Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota and Ohio, are investigating the company. New Hampshire and Tennessee have scheduled administrative hearings on possible violations.
(Reporting by James B. Kelleher; Additional reporting by Toni Clarke and Aaron Pressman; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Stacey Joyce)
outbreak rises to 205 cases: CDC
Reuters 11 hrs ago
Enlarge PhotoReuters/Reuters - Vials of the steroid distributed by New England Compounding Center (NECC) - implicated in a meningitis outbreak - are pictured in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters October 14, more
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- Enlarge PhotoA security guard looks out from
- Enlarge PhotoA sign for pharmaceutical compounding
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Seven more people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases to 205 in 14 states.
The death toll from the unprecedented outbreak was unchanged at 15, the CDC said. It put the number of people sickened at 205 and said new cases were confirmed in New Hampshire, Florida, Indiana, and Tennessee.
All but two of those who became ill were diagnosed with a rare type of fungal meningitis that has been the hallmark of the deadly outbreak. Two patients were diagnosed with peripheral joint infections linked to the tainted drug.
Tennessee continues to be the hardest hit state, with 53 cases of meningitis and six deaths, the CDC said, followed by Michigan with 41 cases and three deaths, and Virginia with 34 cases and one death.
The outbreak has turned into a major health scandal after a company based in Massachusetts shipped vials that may have been tainted to 23 states and 76 medical facilities.
The scare has prompted multiple investigations, and the Massachusetts-based company at the center of the outbreak, New England Compounding Center, has recalled the product and suspended operations.
NECC distributed thousands of vials of a contaminated steroid that has put 14,000 people at risk of contracting meningitis, according to government health officials.
Meningitis is an infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms include headache, fever and nausea. Fungal meningitis, unlike viral and bacterial meningitis, is not contagious.
The scare raised questions about how the pharmaceuticals industry operates. NECC engaged in a little-known practice called drug compounding that is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, which generally oversees drug makers.
In compounding, pharmacies prepare specific doses of approved medications, based on guidance from a doctor, to meet an individual patient's need.
Emails to one NECC customer obtained by Reuters revealed the company solicited bulk orders from physicians and failed to require proof of individual patient prescriptions as required by state regulations.
The emails support assertions made this week by state pharmacy regulators that the compounding firm, which was authorized to deliver products only in response to patient-specific prescriptions, had violated its license in Massachusetts.
Several states, including Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota and Ohio, are investigating the company. New Hampshire and Tennessee have scheduled administrative hearings on possible violations.
(Reporting by James B. Kelleher; Additional reporting by Toni Clarke and Aaron Pressman; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Stacey Joyce)
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10-16-2012, 01:36 PM #9
well my wife is going to fucking kill me, i went to take a pic of her progesterone bottle to show how shitty the labels are from these cheap ass compounding pharmacys and the bottle fell on the floor and shattered,lol, a brand new bottle. I have zero fucking luck!
anyhow ere is the bullshit they sent my wife through the compounding pharmacy the fertility doctor uses. The Fertility Doctor/Geneticist is the best in New jersey yet they use these fucking horrible back alley labs.
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10-17-2012, 12:26 AM #19
ok guys, I understnad your frustration. Im 797 certified which means that I can compound pharm grade shit in a sterile environment. I understnad the lables look like shit but these machines that I have seen used to do this are antiquated and hospitals are cheap when it comes to up-grading machines. I can tell you that I have seen very large, very reouatible coumpounding pharmacies that make 10's of millions get loose with there protocols and people die and it gets sweeped under the rug. Its life.
I once saw a HUGE coumpoundiung facility accidentaly mix magnesium for sodium and people got hurt over that one over-site. Its a numbers game. If your making millions of products, your bound to fuck up once in a while. Now since everyone is going crazy about this,, the poor mom-pop little coumpouders will get more red-tape and profit margins shrink and they go out of buisness bc of knee-jerk reactions.
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Federal agents yesterday raided the New England Compounding Center, the pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak that has killed 16 people and sickened more than 230 others in 15 states.Massachusetts’ top federal prosecutor, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, said: “I can confirm that this office and our law-enforcement partners are investigating allegations concerning the New England Compounding Center.”Yesterday afternoon, agents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration searched the company’s facility in Framingham, Mass., while local police provided support, officials said.In a statement, Ortiz said it was “premature” to say what the investigation will show.In Washington, Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., called on the Justice Department to investigate whether NECC violated federal laws designed to stem illegal activity in controlled drugs.NECC already faces multiple investigations by the FDA and several states, but Markey’s request could launch a more-serious probe involving the Drug Enforcement Administration, which oversees sales of potentially addictive or “controlled” drugs.“This is a matter that I believe requires further investigation by the DEA to ensure that this facility, already believed to have broken Massachusetts state law, has not also skirted federal law related to controlled substances,” said Markey, a senior member of the committee that oversees business.Meanwhile, Virginia health authorities linked the death of man in the southwestern part of the state to the outbreak. It was the 16th death overall and the second in Virginia in the outbreak that has been connected to contaminated steroid injections.Also yesterday, the Ohio Department of Health said four meningitis cases in Marion County have been linked to the recalled steroid injections, giving Ohio a total of seven cases.The people sickened in Marion County are a 45-year-old man and three women, ages 47, 50 and 55. Earlier cases involved a Hamilton County man and women in Crawford and Morrow counties.Four clinics in Marion, Cincinnati and Dublin received the injections, which were used to treat back pain.Officials say the revised number of Ohio patients who received the injections is 425. Most have been warned to watch for symptoms.The state says 64 Ohio facilities purchased the pharmacy’s products, including topical products that are considered low-risk, but officials don’t know how many patients might have received the drugs in an expanded recall list.
Original article found at
Federal agents raid pharmacy linked to deadly meningitis cases | The Columbus Dispatch
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10-18-2012, 12:18 PM #24
I dont think 16 people dead and another 200 plus sick is a knee jerk reaction bro, now if it were just some sick people or something then yes i would call it a knee jerk reaction, but 16 people dead i believe warrants this type of reaction, plus i seen the facility on the news, which was shared by a trash company in the building. It was unreal if u ask me brutha
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