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Recall of Prexige
Friday 17 August 2007
The federal Therapeutic Goods Administration has just recalled the drug Prexige because of its side effects.
Society member Suzanne McCusker, who has been affected, has drawn our attention to it for members who might have taken it for joint pain relief.
Read on…
It may be worth alerting members to the recall of Prexige, the joint pain relief medication prescribed for some CFS suffering members (including myself). Prexige is being withdrawn due to liver problems – two identified deaths and two awaiting liver transplants.
If members have suffered liver problems they need to alert the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to monitor the significance of this.
I have been very ill since end of June with toxic hepatitis and now jaundice. I had all the tests available to test the liver including three hospitalisations. It has been difficult for our family of 5 (children aged 3, 6 and 9), both financially and logistically. It is a serious matter and the TGA has told me I am not out of the woods yet. I feel better, though, knowing what we have to work with. Prexige comes in 100mg, 200mg and 400mg doses. I was on 200mg since December 2006.
I am not sure if you were aware, I do know my CFS physician Ian Buttfield does.
With kind regards,
Suzanne McCusker
For more information:
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Therapeutic Goods Adminstration: Urgent advice regarding management of patients taking lumiracoxib (Prexige) (external link) |
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Product Recalls Australia: Lumiracoxib (PREXIGE) (external link) |
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Prexige website (external link) |
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The Sydney Morning Herald: Deaths spark painkiller ban (external link) |
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