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Public Health Warnings and Recalls

FDA Finds Hidden Sildenafil and Tadalafil in Two Sexual-Enhancement Products

16 Aug 2026

Two unbranded sexual-enhancement products beside sildenafil and tadalafil tablets, with a nitrate medication warning and blood-pressure monitor.

Public Health Warnings and Recalls

Four Immune Globulin Lots Withdrawn After Higher Rate of Hypersensitivity Reactions, FDA Says

16 Aug 2026

Immune globulin vials with four highlighted lot labels beside infusion equipment, illustrating FDA-reported lot-specific hypersensitivity withdrawals.

Public Health Warnings and Recalls

FDA Finds Toxic Yellow Oleander in Three Weight-Loss Products, Raising Digoxin-Like Poisoning Risk

16 Aug 2026

Three unbranded weight-loss bottles beside yellow oleander and an ECG monitor, illustrating FDA-confirmed hidden cardiac glycoside poisoning risk.

Latest Research and Studies

Iatrogenic Acetylcysteine Overdose: New Review Maps Severe Medication Errors

05 Aug 2026

Clinicians verify an acetylcysteine infusion across the EHR, pharmacy label, diluent volume, and bedside pump to prevent a dangerous dosing error.

Substance Abuse and Overdose

Most U.S. Overdose Deaths Occurred in Isolation, CDC Study Finds

05 Aug 2026

A quiet apartment with an unanswered phone, naloxone kit, and closed interior door shows how isolation can delay recognition and treatment of an overdose.

Public Health Warnings and Recalls

California Amatoxin Outbreak: 50 Poisonings, Four Deaths Reported

27 Jul 2026

Death Cap and Western Destroying Angel mushrooms beside a California outbreak map and liver-injury illustration representing amatoxin poisoning.

Latest Research and Studies

New Systematic Review Maps Drug Combinations Behind Reported Serotonin Syndrome Cases

27 Jul 2026

Medical illustration of hundreds of serotonin syndrome case reports forming a drug-interaction network linked to clonus, hyperreflexia and hyperthermia.

Latest Research and Studies

New Case Series Links Uncommon Agrochemicals to Acquired Methemoglobinemia

27 Jul 2026

Medical illustration showing uncommon agrochemical exposure oxidizing hemoglobin into methemoglobin and impairing oxygen delivery to human tissues.

Regulatory and Policy Updates

DEA Begins Schedule I Process for Concentrated 7-OH as Poison-Center Reports Rise

15 Jul 2026

Concentrated 7-OH tablets, gummies and extract under regulatory inspection amid rising poison-center reports and DEA action.

Public Health Warnings and Recalls

FDA Calls for Stronger Infant Formula Safeguards After Botulism Outbreaks

15 Jul 2026

Recalled infant formula beside a safety notice, illustrating an FDA warning after infant botulism outbreaks.

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