FDA requires strong amputation warning on sedative

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 16:21 in Health & Medicine

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Makers of injected promethazine, a sedative also used to treat nausea and vomiting, are being required to put the strongest warning possible on the product because it can cause tissue damage leading to amputation, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday....

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