| Subject: | FDA Issues A Public Health Advisory Regarding Topical Anesthetics |
| Category: | Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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| Published: | Fri, 16 Jan 2009 - 02:00 pm |
| The FDA has issued a Public Health Advisory to remind patients, healthcare professionals, and caregivers about potentially serious hazards of topical anesthetics, for relieving pain from mammography and other medical tests and conditions. In February 2007, FDA issued a Public Health Advisory- Life-Threatening Side Effects with the use of Skin Products Containing Numbing Ingredients for Cosmetic Procedures -that described the deaths of two young women who used topical anesthetics prior to laser... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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