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Tuesday, May 06, 2003 - (see all news for this day)
like i need more worry! - 09:54 AM
(filed under 'baby')
oh, this is good. (insert major sarcasm)
if you're in australia, i'd be very surprised if you haven't heard about the pan pharmacueticals thing going on. if you're not in australia, it may not have made international news, but it's been a big source of concern over our side of the world over the past weeks or two.
i could explain the situation, but it's easier if i quote the therapeutic goods administration website which has been providing the list of recalled products.
"The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has suspended the licence held by Pan Pharmaceuticals Limited of Sydney to manufacture medicines, for a period of six months with effect 28 April 2003, because of serious concerns about the quality and safety of products manufactured by the company.
The suspension follows audits of the company's manufacturing premises, which revealed widespread and serious deficiencies and failures in the company's manufacturing and quality control procedures, including the systematic and deliberate manipulation of quality control test data. The licence has been suspended in order to urgently address the safety and quality concerns posed by the multiple manufacturing breaches. Where the quality of a medicine cannot be certain, neither can the safety or effectiveness of that medicine."
the list of recalled products is mammoth & is growing everyday, so instead of going through the whole list, i called the number on the side of the bottle of folic acid tablets which i've been taking throughout my pregnancy. i gave the lady the batch number & lo & behold, this is one of the products that's been recalled! oh, joy! (insert more sarcasm)
as if being pregnant doesn't provide enough worry, now i have the concern (however slight i have been assured it is) that the tablets i've been taking may not be safe. the drugs which have been recalled are not definitely unsafe but are potentially unsafe.
grrr!! like i need that worry as well!! 
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my cranberry caps are recalled too. and Jades evening primrose.
it sucks. you take these things to help your health, and find out you *may* have been harming it.