Recent news on Carbinoxamine

KIDS' COLD MEDS: WHAT'S ON THE LABEL?  -  Apr 24, 2007
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),Chlorpheniramine, brompheniramine, carbinoxamine, diphenhydramine: Effective only against allergies, not head cold congestion.

FDA Orders Drug Companies To Stop Making Anti-Nausea Suppository  -  Apr 7, 2007
Free Internet Press,Since then, it has removed its previous approvals of products containing quinine for leg cramps, ergotamine tartrate for migrainesand carbinoxamine for

Unapproved drugs: FDA gets tough on "grandfathered" active ingredients  -  Apr 12, 2007
ScienceBlogsLast summer, the FDA removed products containing the antihistamine, carbinoxamine, from the market due to the unusual sensitivity of children under age 2 to

Waging the Cold War Experts say what works, what doesn't  -  Feb 13, 2007
Belleville News-Democrat,Antihistamines (Part 1): Benadryl (diphenhydramine), Clistin (carbinoxamine), Tavist (clemastine), Chlor-Trimeton (chlorpheniramine),

Rating the cold-relief medicines  -  Feb 11, 2007
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription),Antihistamines - Benadryl (diphenhydramine), Clistin (carbinoxamine), Tavist (clemastine), Chlor-Trimeton (chlorpheniramine), Dimetane (brompheniramine):

Accelerated Enforcement' Now Against Unapproved Drugs  -  Feb 9, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),However, immediate enforcement actions have been taken against products deemed to be real or potential safety risks (Examples: Carbinoxamine,

Cold Remedies Cause Three Infant Deaths  -  Jan 11, 2007
MedPage Today,Two of the children had also been given prescriptions containing the antihistamine carbinoxamine. Since those deaths occurred, the FDA banned the

Dosing mistakes killed three, sent 1500 to ER, CDC report finds  -  Jan 11, 2007
CBC News,In June 2006, the FDA took action to stop the manufacture of medications containing carbinoxamine (an antihistamine) which were inappropriately labeled for

Cough and Cold Medications May Cause Infant Death  -  Jan 16, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Although no detectable postmortem levels were found, patients 1 and 2 had been administered prescription medications containing carbinoxamine.

Drugs Slip Through FDA Cracks, Sell Unapproved by the Millions  Oct 10, 2006
The substance is carbinoxamine, an antihistamine. ... The appropriate dose of carbinoxamine for children under 2 years hasn't been established, the FDA says. ... -Bloomberg Unapproved drugs often sold anyway  Oct 15, 2006
The substance is carbinoxamine, an antihistamine. ... The appropriate dose of carbinoxamine for children under 2 hasn't been established, the FDA says. ... -Arizona Daily Star, Hundreds of unapproved drugs sold by prescription  Sep 17, 2006
...drugs, Autor says. Most recently, the FDA cracked down on unapproved products containing the antihistamine carbinoxamine. In June ... -USA Today

US warns makers of unapproved cold medicines  Aug 3, 2006
Makers of unapproved prescription cough and cold medicines containing the drug carbinoxamine must stop selling them within 30 to 90 days, US regulators said on ... -Newstarget.com

Thousands of Prescribed Medicines Lack FDA Approval  Jul 12, 2006
...announced it was targeting an estimated 26 companies that market about 120 prescription allergy medications containing the sedating antihistamine carbinoxamine ... -Newhouse News Service (NNS)

FDA targets Accentia drug in new enforcement effort  Jun 20, 2006
Accentia is one of a handful of nearly 30 drug makers manufacturing carbinoxamine, which the FDA has zeroed in on for its first enforcement action. ... -Bizjournals.com

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